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UNINA9910457927903321 |
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Feldman Arthur M (Arthur Michael), <1949-> |
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Understanding health care reform : bridging the gap between myth and reality / / Arthur M. Feldman |
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Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , 2012 |
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1-4665-1679-8 |
0-429-25181-5 |
1-4665-1678-X |
1-283-59625-3 |
9786613908704 |
1-4398-7949-4 |
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[1st edition] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (409 p.) |
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Health care reform - Law and legislation - United States |
Health insurance - Law and legislation - United States |
Medically uninsured persons - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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A Productivity Press book. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Reforming the private insurance industry -- How will health care reform affect the Medicare and Medicaid populations? -- Can we lower health care costs by eliminating waste? -- The role of disease prevention in health care reform -- How will health care reform affect the medically under-served and the safety net hospitals that care for them? -- How can we improve the quality of care in the U.S.? -- Will there be enough doctors to care for 35 million new patients? -- Can research guide us to improved care at lower costs? -- How will health care reform change the way we practice medicine? -- Will we ever see tort reform in the U.S.? |
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This book provides an understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of the health care reform legislation. It explains how doctors, patients, and families can determine the success or failure of the legislation over time. The author describes how to ensure that this landmark legislation succeeds in achieving its goals and proposes an accounting of steps |
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that elected representatives can take in order to improve the bill. The text cuts through the political rhetoric and focuses on the core issue: what we need to do to preserve our ability to provide the best possible care for our patients and to fulfill our societal mission of providing care for our citizens independent of their financial means--Provided by publisher. |
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UNINA9910791345903321 |
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Autore |
Pearson Michael <1951-> |
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Pastoral Australia [[electronic resource] ] : fortunes, failures and hard yakka : a historical overview 1788-1967 / / Michael Pearson and Jane Lennon |
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Collingwood, Vic., : CSIRO Publishing in association with the Dept. of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts and the Australian Heritage Council, 2010 |
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0-643-10213-2 |
1-283-15637-7 |
9786613156372 |
0-643-10050-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (223 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Pastoral systems - Australia - History |
Sheep industry - Australia - History |
Wool industry - Australia - History |
Cattle trade - Australia - History |
Agriculture - Australia - History |
Australia History |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 190-197) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; CONTENTS; Maps:; Boxes:; Foreword; Authors' Preface; Acknowledgements; Note on Measurements; List of Abbreviations, Acronyms and Contractions; Introduction; Chapter 1. Genesis 1788-1830; Chapter 2. Boom, Bust and Gold 1830-1860; Chapter 3. After the |
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Gold Rush: An Evolving Industry 1860-1890; Chapter 4. Consolidation and Expansion 1860-1890; Chapter 5. Depression and Drought 1890-1915; Chapter 6. Maturity and the Golden Years 1915-1967; Centrefold: Time line of Australia's Pastoral Industry |
Chapter 7. Afterglow: Pastoralism into the Twenty-firstCentury and the Heritage of Earlier CenturiesEndnotes; Bibliography; List of pastoral stations mentioned in the text; Index |
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Tells the story of the expansion of Australia's pastoral industry,how it drove European settlement and involved Aboriginal people in the new settlersociety. |
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