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Title Curing Medicare : a doctor's view on how our health care system is failing older Americans and how we can fix it / Andy Lazris, MD ; with a foreword by Shannon Brownlee.
Publisher Ithaca : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2016.
Copyright ©2016
Description xiii, 244 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Edition Revised edition.


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 EI-Adult Collection  368.382 LAZ Nearby on shelf  30626003041718 10-26-16  AVAILABLE
 LN-Adult  368.38 LAZ Nearby on shelf  3 1801 00574 7856 (none)  AVAILABLE
BIBLIOGRAPHY Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-236) and index.
Contents Introduction : my boss -- Defining quality : the quest for numerical perfection -- Defining thorough : finding and fixing everything -- Excessive specialization, expectation, and litigation -- Hospitalization : the pinnacle of thorough -- Long term care : the unwitting geriatric ICU -- Quality and value : moving toward a cure -- Afterword : redefining thorough.
Summary Maintains that the current Medicare payment structure favors aggressive care that can negatively impact quality of life over palliative and home care which often yields better results, and argues for cost-effective changes that can make Medicare more humane.
Subject Medicare.
Older people -- Medical care -- United States.
Geriatrics -- United States.
Series The culture and politics of health care work
ISBN 9781501702778
1501702777