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The corporate transformation of health care [electronic resource] : can the public interest still be served? / John P. Geyman.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: New York, NY : Springer Pub. Co., c2004.Description: xvi, 306 p. : illISBN:
  • 0826124666
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 362.1/0425 22
LOC classification:
  • R728.2 .G49 2004eb
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
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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.

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