Old and sick in America : the journey through the health care system /

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Author / Creator:Gillick, Muriel R., 1951- author.
Imprint:Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2017]
©2017
Description:1 online resource (xxii, 300 pages).
Language:English
Series:Studies in social medicine
Studies in social medicine.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11759473
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ISBN:9781469635255
1469635259
1469635267
9781469635262
9781469635231
1469635232
9781469635248
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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).
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.--
Other form:Print version: Gillick, Muriel R., 1951- Old and sick in America. Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2017] 9781469635231