Old and sick in America
Subtitle: the journey through the health care system
By: Muriel R. Gillick, M.D.
Series: Studies in social medicine; Studies in social medicine
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9781469635231; 9781469635248
Subjects: Health and hygiene; Medicare; Long-term care; Older people; Medical care; Cost of Medical care
Description: "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 experience"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-292) and index.
Table of contents: title: The office; title: Going to the doctor; title: The lay of the land; title: From the outside in; title: The march of time, 1965-2015; title: The hospital; title: Entering the palace of technology; title: The varieties of hospital experience; title: The hospital through other eyes; title: The transformation of the American hospital, 1965-2015; title: The skilled nursing facility; title: Going to rehab; title: Different SNFs, different miffs; title: Movers and shapers; title: Now and then.