The future of health-care delivery [ why it must change and how it will affect you

Approximately 100,000 deaths per year in the United States result from preventable medical errors. This title explains why our health-care delivery system serves us so poorly, why it costs so much, and why government policy over many decades has not only failed to improve care delivery but has actua...

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Main Author: Schimpff, Stephen C. , 1941- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: Washington : Potomac Books , c2012
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