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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: John A. Kastor (Professor of Medicine Emeritus, University of Maryland School of Medicine)Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.522kg ISBN: 9780801888113ISBN 10: 0801888115 Pages: 280 Publication Date: 09 September 2008 Recommended Age: From 17 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsPreface 1. Washington and Its Academic Medical Centers 2. George Washington University: Selling the Hospital 3. George Washington University: Separating the Practice Plan 4. George Washington University: Closing the HMO 5. George Washington University and Its Medical School 6. Georgetown University: Selling the Hospital 7. Georgetown University: Selling the Practice Plan 8. Georgetown University and Its Medical School 9. MedStar Health 10. Conclusions Appendix A: Other Universities with Teaching Hospitals Owned by For-Profit Companies Appendix B: Reducing Deficits and Increasing Surpluses in Private Medical Schools That Do Not Own Their Primary Teaching Hospitals Appendix C: Interviewees Notes IndexReviewsAn excellent book, well informed and especially readable... The author has written a captivating story that will become a classic in the contemporary history of US health care for many years to come. -- Hector O. Ventura, MD, JAMA <p>Selling Teaching Hospitals and Practice Plans joins John Kastor's three other excellent volumes in a series that uniquely documents how the vast changes in the U.S. health care system have led to the restructuring of leading American academic medical centers. Like its predecessors, it is superbly researched, well organized, and an engaging read. It is must reading for all those involved in health care, hospital administration, and medical education.--Pascal James Imperato, MD The Pharos (01/01/0001) Author InformationJohn A. Kastor, M.D., a professor of medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, is the former chief of the Cardiovascular Division at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and former chair of the Department of Medicine at Maryland. He is the author of Arrhythmias; Mergers of Teaching Hospitals in Boston, New York, and Northern California; Governance of Teaching Hospitals: Turmoil at Penn and Hopkins; and Specialty Care in the Era of Managed Care: Cleveland Clinic versus University Hospitals of Cleveland, the last two published by Johns Hopkins. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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