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"When it comes to healthcare, bigger isn't always better. The early-1990s rise of "megaproviders"-large, hospital-based healthcare systems that have become the norm in American medicine-brought promises of accessibility, cost savings, and excellence to the American healthcare experience. Today's megaproviders, following three decades of growth and consolidation, receive as much as two-thirds of healthcare spending in the United States. Big Med examines the rise of these megaproviders and their formative role in reducing American healthcare to its current shambles. As healthcare organizations…
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4 editions- Other · English · 2023University of Chicago Press · 9780226832791
- Other · English · 2022University of Chicago Press · 343 pages · 9780226823928
- Other · English · 2021University of Chicago Press · 335 pages · 9780226668079
- Other · English · 2021University of Chicago Press · 9780226756844
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