The corporate transformation of health care [electronic resource] : can the public interest still be served? / John P. Geyman.
By: Geyman, John P.
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BookPublisher: New York, NY : Springer Pub. Co., c2004Description: xvi, 306 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.Subject(s): Medical corporations -- United States | Medical economics -- United States | Multihospital systems -- United States | Health maintenance organizations | Public health -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 362.1/0425 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Includes bibliographical references and index.
Growth of investor-owned corporate health care -- Hospitals and nursing home chains -- Health maintenance organizations (HMOS) -- Health insurance industry -- Pharmaceutical industry -- Medically-related industries -- Impacts of corporate practices on the health care system -- Compromising the integrity of research -- Disinformation and media control -- Lobbying of government -- Co-opting the regulators -- Privatization vs. public utility model of health care -- Politics and options for health care reform -- An approach to reform.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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