The corporate transformation of health care can the public interest still be served? /

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Huvudskapare: Geyman, John P., 1931-
Institutionell skapare: ebrary, Inc
Materialtyp: Elektronisk E-bok
Språk:engelska
Publicerad: New York, NY : Springer Pub. Co., c2004.
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Innehållsförteckning:
  • 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.