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Poverty and the myths of health care reform

Title
Poverty and the myths of health care reform / Richard A. Cooper.
Author
Cooper, Richard, 1936-2016
Publication
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016.

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Description
xiv, 289 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subject
  • Medical policy > Economic aspects > United States
  • Poverty > Health aspects > United States
  • Health services accessibility > Economic aspects > United States
  • Health Policy > economics
  • Poverty
  • Healthcare Disparities
  • Health Services Accessibility > economics
  • Health Care Costs
  • United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Riding the A-train : income inequality and health care consumption along New York's subway lines -- Milwaukee : a microcosm of America's social and health care crisis -- Los Angeles : high health spending amidst wealth, poverty and complexity -- Boston vs. New Haven : the big stir -- Health care costs of poverty : hands across the border -- A nation of nations : cultural foundations of health care -- Global perspectives : American exceptionalism in health care and social services -- States : communal resources and federal cross-subsidies -- The 30% solution : what you see depends on where you are standing -- Searching for solutions : #1 eliminate poverty! -- Searching for solutions : #2 looking within the health care system.
ISBN
  • 9781421420226 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 1421420228 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 9781421420233 (electronic) (canceled/invalid)
  • 1421420236 (electronic) (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
  • 2015037772
  • 99968975261
OCLC
  • ocn922572477
  • 922572477
  • SCSB-9691717
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries