Tomorrows Hospital: A Look to the Twenty-First Century

by Eli Ginzberg

Book Overview

Hospital costs and the fees for physicians who treat patients admitted for inpatient care currently account for about half of the annual health care spending in the United States (around one trillion dollars). This situation will soon change, however, as market forces necessitate the downsizing, merging, and closing of acute-care hospitals.

In this authoritative book, the dean of health care analysts discusses the future of the American hospital...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300072708
• ISBN13: 9780300072709
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 8.2"