Title Old and sick in America : the journey through the health care system / Muriel R. Gillick, M.D

Published Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2017] ©2017

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 300 pages) Series Studies in social medicine Studies in social medicine. Contents The office -- Going to the doctor -- The lay of the land -- From the outside in -- The march of time, 1965-2015 -- The hospital -- Entering the palace of technology -- The varieties of hospital experience -- The hospital through other eyes -- The transformation of the American hospital, 1965-2015 -- The skilled nursing facility -- Going to rehab -- Different SNFs, different miffs -- Movers and shapers -- Now and then Summary "Since the introduction of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965, the American health care system has steadily grown in size and complexity. Muriel R. Gillick takes readers on a narrative tour of American health care, incorporating the stories of older patients as they travel from the office to the hospital to the skilled nursing facility, and examining the influence of forces as diverse as pharmaceutical corporations, device manufacturers, and health insurance companies on their "--Publisher's description.-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from electronic title page (North Carolina Scholarship Online, viewed on April 22, 2021) Subject Older people -- Medical care -- United States. Older people -- Health and hygiene -- United States Medicare. Older people -- Long-term care -- United States Medical care, Cost of -- United States Health Services for the Aged -- economics Health Services for the Aged -- ethics Health Services for the Aged Medicare Medicare -- economics Long-Term Care -- economics POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare. Medical care, Cost of Medicare Older people -- Health and hygiene Older people -- Long-term care Older people -- Medical care SUBJECT United States https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 Subject United States Genre/Form Electronic books Form Electronic book ISBN 9781469635255 1469635259 1469635267 9781469635262

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