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Ginzberg Eli <1911-2002.> |
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Teaching hospitals and the urban poor / / Eli Ginzberg ; with the assistance of Howard Berliner ... [et al.] |
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New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2000 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-73122-6 |
9786611731229 |
0-300-13301-4 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (1 online resource (x, 129 p.)) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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BerlinerHoward S. <1949-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Academic medical centers - United States |
Urban poor - Medical care - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. The Impact of World War II on U.S. Medicine -- 2. How Medicare Changed the AHCs -- 3. Changes in the Physician Supply -- 4. Challenging the AHCs to Change -- 5. The Impacts of Managed Care -- 6. The Next Decade-2000-2010 -- Selected Reading -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Academic health centers (AHCs) have played a key role in propelling the United States to world leadership in technological advances in medicine. At the same time, however, many of these urban-based hospitals have largely ignored the medical care of their poor neighbors. Now one of the leading experts in American health policy and economics ponders whether current and proposed changes in the financing and delivery of medical care will result in a realignment between AHCs and the poor. Basing his discussion on an analysis of the nation's twenty-five leading research-oriented health centers, Eli Ginzberg and his associates trace the history of AHCs in the twentieth century. He claims that AHCs are once again moving toward treating the poor because these hospitals need to admit more Medicaid patients to fill their empty beds, and their medical students need opportunities to practice in ambulatory sites. He also assesses some of the more important trends that may challenge the AHCs, including financial |
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