03081nam 22006254a 450 991045462630332120200520144314.00-8261-2467-4(CKB)1000000000705974(EBL)423542(OCoLC)476263491(SSID)ssj0000130944(PQKBManifestationID)11146418(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000130944(PQKBWorkID)10099220(PQKB)10750273(MiAaPQ)EBC423542(Au-PeEL)EBL423542(CaPaEBR)ebr10265361(CaONFJC)MIL831365(EXLCZ)99100000000070597420040816d2004 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe corporate transformation of health care[electronic resource] can the public interest still be served? /John P. GeymanNew York, NY Springer Pub. Co.c20041 online resource (323 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8261-2466-6 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.The author explores how the corporate transformation of hospitals, HMO's, and the insurance and pharmaceutical industries has resulted in reduction in services, dangerous cost cutting, poor regulation, and corrupt research. He sheds light on the political lobbying and media manipulation that keeps the present system in place. Exposing the shortcomings of reform proposals that do little to alter the status quo, he makes a case for a workable single-payer system. This is an essential read for today's practitioners, policy makers, healthcare analysts and providers, and all those concerned with theMedical corporationsUnited StatesMedical economicsUnited StatesMultihospital systemsUnited StatesHealth maintenance organizationsPublic healthUnited StatesElectronic books.Medical corporationsMedical economicsMultihospital systemsHealth maintenance organizations.Public health362.1/0425Geyman John P.1931-986497MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454626303321The corporate transformation of health care2254505UNINA