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ISBN: | 9781469635255 1469635259 1469635267 9781469635262 9781469635231 1469635232 9781469635248 1469635240
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on online resource; title from electronic title page (North Carolina Scholarship Online, viewed on April 22, 2021).
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Summary: | "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 "--Publisher's description.--
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Other form: | Print version: Gillick, Muriel R., 1951- Old and sick in America. Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2017] 9781469635231
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