Title Hospital city, health care nation : race, capital, and the costs of American health care / Guian A. McKee

Published Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2023]

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Description 1 online resource (x, 379 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Politics and culture in modern America Politics and culture in modern America. Contents Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Abbreviations Used in Text -- Introduction. Crisis in the Hospital City -- and the Health Care Nation -- PART I. BUILDING THE HOSPITAL CITY -- 1. The Public Foundations of the Hospital City -- 2. Urban Renewal in the Hospital City -- 3. Medicare, Hospitals, and "the Gold at Fort Knox" -- 4. Johns Hopkins in the Hospital Metropolis -- PART II. LIVING WITH THE HOSPITAL CITY -- 5. The Hospital City and the National Health Insurance Struggle -- 6. Wages, Jobs, and Cost in the Hospital City -- 7. Hospital Cost Control in Maryland -- 8. To Stay or Go, and How to Pay for It -- PART III. COSTS OF THE HOSPITAL CITY -- 9. "The Dream Shall Never Die" . . . but It May Be Compromised -- 10. "A New Emphasis on Market Strategies" -- 11. Markets, Medicaid, and Mergers -- Conclusion. Reform in the Hospital City -- and the Health Care Nation -- Abbreviations Used in Notes -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments Summary "This book recasts the story of the health care system by emphasizing the economic and social importance of hospitals in American communities. While hospitals have become vital economic anchors in cities across the country, the spending that supports them has constrained possibilities for comprehensive health care reform"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 11, 2023) Subject Johns Hopkins Hospital. SUBJECT Johns Hopkins Hospital fast Subject Medical care, Cost of -- United States Medical policy -- Economic aspects -- United States Urban hospitals -- Economic aspects -- United States Urban hospitals -- Social aspects -- United States Health care reform -- United States Racism in medicine -- United States Racism in medicine. HISTORY / United States / 20th Century Health care reform Medical care, Cost of Medical policy -- Economic aspects Racism in medicine United States Form Electronic book ISBN 1512823929 9781512823929

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