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Hospital City, Health Care Nation : Race, Capital, and the Costs of American Health Care / Guian A. McKee.
De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Complete eBook-Package 2023 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McKee, Guian A., author.
- Series:
- Politics and culture in modern America.
- Politics and Culture in Modern America Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Johns Hopkins Hospital.
- Medical care, Cost of--United States.
- Medical care, Cost of.
- Medical policy--Economic aspects--United States.
- Medical policy.
- Urban hospitals--Economic aspects--United States.
- Urban hospitals.
- Urban hospitals--Social aspects--United States.
- Health care reform--United States.
- Health care reform.
- Racism in medicine--United States.
- Racism in medicine.
- United States.
- Medical Subjects:
- United States.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (392 p.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2023]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- "This book recasts the story of the health care system by emphasizing the economic and social importance of hospitals in American communities. While hospitals have become vital economic anchors in cities across the country, the spending that supports them has constrained possibilities for comprehensive health care reform"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Abbreviations Used in Text
- Introduction. Crisis in the Hospital City
- and the Health Care Nation
- PART I. BUILDING THE HOSPITAL CITY
- 1. The Public Foundations of the Hospital City
- 2. Urban Renewal in the Hospital City
- 3. Medicare, Hospitals, and "the Gold at Fort Knox"
- 4. Johns Hopkins in the Hospital Metropolis
- PART II. LIVING WITH THE HOSPITAL CITY
- 5. The Hospital City and the National Health Insurance Struggle
- 6. Wages, Jobs, and Cost in the Hospital City
- 7. Hospital Cost Control in Maryland
- 8. To Stay or Go, and How to Pay for It
- PART III. COSTS OF THE HOSPITAL CITY
- 9. "The Dream Shall Never Die" . . . but It May Be Compromised
- 10. "A New Emphasis on Market Strategies"
- 11. Markets, Medicaid, and Mergers
- Conclusion. Reform in the Hospital City
- Abbreviations Used in Notes
- Notes
- Index
- Acknowledgments
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781512823929
- 1512823929
- OCLC:
- 1375496012
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