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Author:

Derlet, Robert W., 1949- author.

Title:

Corporatizing American health care : how we lost our health care system / Robert W. Derlet, MD.

Publisher:

Johns Hopkins University Press,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

xii, 200 pages ; 23 cm

Subject:

Medical care--United States.
Medical economics--United States.
Medical policy--United States.
Delivery of Health Care--economics.
Health Care Sector--economics.
Insurance, Health--economics.
Health Care Reform.
Politics.
Health Policy.
United States.
Medical care.
Medical economics.
Medical policy.
United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-191) and index.

Contents:

Prescription Drugs: Monopolies and Profits -- Hospitals : Profit First -- Physicians -- Health Plans : The Money Middlemen -- European Systems of Health-Care Delivery -- The Affordable Care Act of 2010 and Other Federal Health-Care Laws -- Emergency Departments -- The Medical Implant Device Industry -- Tests and Studies : Radiology, Laboratory, and Technical Procedures -- Nursing Homes and Special Facilities

Summary:

"The author traces the historical progression of health care policy in the United States toward corporatization, which has pulled the country away from a model of small practices and patient-focused care to one that prioritizes profit and tracks both patient care and outcomes as billing codes"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1421439581
9781421439587

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1142019161

LCCN:

2020009008

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)