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

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"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 hos...

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Online Access: Full Text (via EBSCO)
Main Author: Gillick, Muriel R., 1951- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2017]
Series:Studies in social medicine.
Subjects:
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.
Medical care, Cost of.
Older people > Health and hygiene.
Older people > Long-term care.
Older people > Medical care.
United States.
Table of 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.

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