Old and Sick in America : The Journey through the Health Care System /

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"Since the introduction of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965, the American health care system has steadily grown in size and complexity. Muriel R. Gillick takes readers on a narrative tour of American health care, incorporating the stories of older patients as they travel from the office to the hos...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Gillick, Muriel R., 1951- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2017]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Older people > Medical care.
Older people > Long-term care.
Older people > Health and hygiene.
Medicare.
Medical care, Cost of.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
Soins medicaux > Coût > États-Unis.
Personnes âgees > Soins de longue duree > États-Unis.
Personnes âgees > Sante et hygiene > États-Unis.
Personnes âgees > Soins medicaux > États-Unis.
Long-Term Care > economics
Medicare > economics
Medicare
Health Services for the Aged
Health Services for the Aged > ethics
Health Services for the Aged > economics
Medical care, Cost of > United States.
Older people > Long-term care > United States.
Older people > Health and hygiene > United States.
Older people > Medical care > United States.
United States.
United States
Popular Work
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The office
  • Going to the doctor
  • The lay of the land
  • From the outside in
  • The march of time, 1965-2015
  • The hospital
  • Entering the palace of technology
  • The varieties of hospital experience
  • The hospital through other eyes
  • The transformation of the American hospital, 1965-2015
  • The skilled nursing facility
  • Going to rehab
  • Different SNFs, different miffs
  • Movers and shapers
  • Now and then.

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