| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 201 pages) : illustrations |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Introduction : fixing healthcare in the United States -- ch. 2. Governance : who's in charge? Case 1 : HealthEast and the misplaced mission of a voluntary system. Case 2 : the AHERF bankruptcy : failure of board oversight -- ch. 3. The medical staff : villains or victims? Case 3 : the mysterious death of a mobile infirmary medical staff member. Case 4 : South Park Hospital and the limits of medical staff oversight -- ch. 4. Nursing : where is it going and why does it never get there? Case 5 : why did Franklin go bankrupt? Case 6 : how should healthcare organizations respond to the nursing "shortage" -- ch. 5. Financing : how gold rules. Case 7. Len Abramson and U.S. healthcare -- by Robert Uris. Case 8. The office of medical assistance and HealthChoices -- ch. 6. The market : why it doesn't work -- or does it? Case 9. Concierge medicine. Case 10. Barix clinics : the case of the focused fat factory. Case 11. The gift of the heart -- ch. 7. Forecasting trends and repackaging the future. Case 12. Globalization, Bansal and the internet prescription bust. Case 13. Aging, Klaassen and the killer application -- ch. 8. Diagnosing and treating the pathologies of the U.S. health system. Case 14. Pottstown Hospital's conversion foundation. Case 15. State and federal healthcare reform initiatives : from Rendell to Obama. |
| Summary |
This book provides unique insights into the current heated healthcare reform debate in the United States and the expanding US$2 trillion industry that is the focus of public concern. The author's extensive experience as an educator, consultant, researcher and author of five well-received books on that system provides a unique resource of largely unreported cases to mine. These vivid case studies weave the history, richness and complexity of the problems faced by patients and service providers into fascinating Byzantine intrigues. They illustrate the underlying structural problems that have produced disparities in treatment, escalating costs, unsafe and inadequate care, the demoralization of the many decent and committed people who work within the system and passionate calls for reform. Highly readable, the book also offers a candor and richness in detail that is typically lacking in textbooks, academic journal articles and the popular press. |
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Description based on print version record. |
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GMD: electronic resource. |
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Public health -- United States -- Case studies.
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Medical care -- United States -- Case studies.
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Health services administration -- United States -- Case studies.
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Health Care Reform -- United States.
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Health Care Costs -- United States.
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Health Services Administration -- United States.
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National Health Programs -- United States.
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Public Health Practice -- United States.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Smith, David Barton. Forensic case files. Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, c2010 9789812838377 (OCoLC)277205611 |
| ISBN |
9789812838384 electronic bk. |
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9812838384 electronic bk. |
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