Catastrophic Care Why Everything We Think We Know about Health Care Is Wrong

Name: Catastrophic Care Why Everything We Think We Know about Health Care Is Wrong
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ISBN: 9780345802736

ISBN-10: 034580273X

ISBN-13: 9780345802736

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Authors: David Goldhill

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A visionary investigation that will change the way we think about health care: how and why it is failing, why expanding coverage will actually make things worse, and how our health care can be transformed into a transparent, affordable, successful system.In 2007, David Goldhill’s father died from infections acquired in a hospital, one of more than two hundred thousand avoidable deaths per year caused by medical error. The bill was enormous—and Medicare paid it. These circumstances left Goldhill angry and determined to understand how world-class technology and personnel could coexist with such carelessness—and how a business that failed so miserably could be paid in full. Catastrophic Care…

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List price: $18.95
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 11/5/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 5.28" wide x 7.95" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

David Goldhill is president and chief executive officer of GSN, which operates a U.S. cable television network seen in more than 75 million homes and is one of the world's largest digital games companies. He is a member of the board of directors of The Leapfrog Group, an employer-sponsored organization dedicated to hospital safety and transparency. Goldhill graduated from Harvard University with a BA in history and holds an MA in history from New York University.