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Provider of last resort : the story of the closure of Philadelphia General Hospital Donna Gentile O'Donnell
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks SCS RA 982 .P5 G363 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- O'Donnell, Donna Gentile.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philadelphia General Hospital--History.
- Philadelphia General Hospital.
- Public hospitals--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History.
- Public hospitals.
- Hospital closures--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History.
- Hospital closures.
- Poor--Medical care--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History.
- Poor.
- Health Facility Closure--history--Philadelphia.
- Health Facility Closure--history--United States.
- Hospitals, Municipal--history--Philadelphia.
- Hospitals, Municipal--history--United States.
- Financing, Government--Philadelphia.
- Financing, Government--United States.
- Health Services Accessibility--economics--Philadelphia.
- Health Services Accessibility--economics--United States.
- Medical Indigency--Philadelphia.
- Medical Indigency--United States.
- Medical Subjects:
- Philadelphia General Hospital.
- Health Facility Closure--history--Philadelphia.
- Health Facility Closure--history--United States.
- Hospitals, Municipal--history--Philadelphia.
- Hospitals, Municipal--history--United States.
- Financing, Government--Philadelphia.
- Financing, Government--United States.
- Health Services Accessibility--economics--Philadelphia.
- Health Services Accessibility--economics--United States.
- Medical Indigency--Philadelphia.
- Medical Indigency--United States.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 128 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Camino Books, c2005.
- Contents:
- Ascent and aspiration : early development of public hospitals in America
- Hill-Burton, Medicare, and Medicaid : the politics, policies and impact of federal health care expansion
- The closure of PGH in context : twentieth-century trends in public hospitals
- PGH : descent and demise
- The closure : the beginning of the end
- The decision and the aftermath
- Analysis and discussion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-128).
- ISBN:
- 0940159961 (alk. paper)
- 9780940159969 (alk. paper)
- OCLC:
- 58534265
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