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Stephen C. Schimpff - The Future of Health-Care Delivery. Why it Must Change and How it Will Affect You.  - 9781612341569 - V9781612341569
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The Future of Health-Care Delivery. Why it Must Change and How it Will Affect You.

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Description for The Future of Health-Care Delivery. Why it Must Change and How it Will Affect You. hardcover. Approximately 100,000 deaths per year in the United States result from preventable medical errors. This figure is about twice the number of people who die in car accidents and five times the number of murder victims annually, and twenty times the number of servicemen and women killed in Iraq and Afghanistan since the start of hostilities in 2001. Num Pages: 272 pages, notes; bibliography; index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBN; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 522.
Approximately 100,000 deaths per year in the United States result from preventable medical errors. This figure is about twice the number of people who die in car accidents and five times the number of murder victims annually, and twenty times the number of servicemen and women killed in Iraq and Afghanistan since the start of hostilities in 2001. If you think Americans have the best health-care system in the world, think again.

In this deeply researched and controversial book, Dr. Stephen Schimpff explains why our health-care delivery system serves us so poorly, why it costs so much, and ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Dulles, United States
ISBN
9781612341569
SKU
V9781612341569
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99-18

About Stephen C. Schimpff
Dr. Stephen C. Schimpff, MD is a physician and an acclaimed educator of medical students and resident trainees. He has more than twenty years of leadership experience, including directing a major cancer center and serving as the chief operating officer of a multi-hospital system and as th chief executive officer of one of America’s most recognized tertiary care teaching hospitals. ... Read more

Reviews for The Future of Health-Care Delivery. Why it Must Change and How it Will Affect You.
"Dr. Schimpff collects the insights from front-line health-care leaders to explain the coming disruptive changes that will impact our care delivery, and he offers sensible advice on what government, medicine, and individuals can do to improve care delivery while reducing the costs."—Dr. Mehmet Oz "This book could not have arrived at a more opportune time. With unsustainable costs coupled with ... Read more

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