The Corporate Transformation of Health Care

Download or read book The Corporate Transformation of Health Care written by John P. Geyman and published by . This book was released on 2004-09-14 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geyman (emeritus, family medicine, U. of Washington) spent 13 years in rural practice before turning to academia. Over 30 years he watched control of the US health-care system shift from medical professionals and not-for-profit interests to a relatively small number of large health-care corporations, to the detriment, he believes, of the public interest. His analysis of the extent of the corporate transformation looks at its impacts on costs and on access to health care. He also considers options for reform given current political and economic realities. The intended audience is physicians and other health professionals, policy makers, legislators, business and labor groups, and citizen reform groups as well as consumers.