An edition of Old and sick in America
(2017)
Old and sick in America
the journey through the health care system
by Muriel R. Gillick
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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 hospital to the skilled nursing facility, and examining the influence of forces as diverse as pharmaceutical corporations, device manufacturers, and health insurance companies on their experience"--
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Old and sick in America: the journey through the health care system
2017, The University of North Carolina Press
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1469635232 9781469635231
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Table of Contents
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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Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-292) and index.
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