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100 1 |a Clifton, Guy L.,  |d 1949- 
245 1 0 |a Flatlined :  |b resuscitating American medicine /  |c Guy L. Clifton. 
264 1 |a New Brunswick, N.J. :  |b Rutgers University Press,  |c [2009] 
264 4 |c ©2009 
300 |a 1 online resource (xx, 322 pages :) :  |b illustrations 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a computer  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a online resource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-311) and index. 
505 0 |a Not business as usual -- Unreliable emergency services -- An eroding infrastructure -- Fifteen years lost -- Handed health care's leftovers -- Where we are headed -- Thirty percent waste-or fifty? -- Poor quality primary care -- Dangerous hospitals -- Violation of dignity: the end of life -- Unnecessary surgery -- Perverse payment incentives -- Three pathways to hospital profitability -- Pharmaceuticals: remarkable innovation, shameless puffery -- Private health insurance: no added value -- The end of the employer-based tax subsidy -- No coverage expansion without cost control -- A workable plan for reform -- Establishing standards -- Prioritizing primary care -- Reducing spending on hospitals and specialists -- Positioning of a national medical quality system. 
588 |a Description based on print version record. 
500 |a Electronic resource. 
650 2 2 |a Insurance, Health  |x trends  |z United States. 
650 2 2 |a Hospitals  |x trends  |z United States. 
650 2 2 |a Emergency Medical Services  |x organization & administration  |z United States. 
650 2 2 |a Economics, Medical  |x trends  |z United States. 
650 1 2 |a Health Care Reform  |z United States. 
650 0 |a Medical policy  |z United States. 
650 0 |a Health care reform  |z United States. 
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952 f f |a Texas A&M University  |b College Station  |c Electronic Resources  |d Available Online  |t 0  |e RA395.A3 C618 2009  |h Library of Congress classification 
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