Book ID: CBB072704397

Old and Sick in America: The Journey through the Health Care System (2017)

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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 doctor's 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. A scholar who has practiced medicine for over thirty years, Gillick offers readers an informed and straightforward view of health care from the ground up, revealing that many crucial medical decisions are based not on what is best for the patient but rather on outside forces, sometimes to the detriment of patient health and quality of life. Gillick suggests a broadly imagined patient-centered reform of the health care system with Medicare as the engine of change, a transformation that would be mediated through accountability, cost-effectiveness, and culture change.

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Authors & Contributors
Dearing, Stacey
Brigo, Francesco
Laugesen, Miriam J.
Martini, Mariano
Orsini, Davide
Valeriano, Annacarla
Concepts
Health care
Medicine
Patients
Medicare
Medicine and government
Personal narratives
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
17th century
18th century
20th century, late
20th century, early
Places
United States
Saskatchewan (Canada)
Netherlands
Italy
Canada
India
Institutions
American Medical Association
Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Md.)
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