Hospital Care in New York City : : The Roles of Voluntary and Municipal Hospitals / / Herbert E. Klarman.

A study of hospital care in New York City that summarizes the trends in hospital care during the generation in which the original Hospital Council was active in New York, discusses the prominent issues in hospital care in the late 1950s and early 1960s, and acts as a factual base for the future plan...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1963]
©1963
Year of Publication:1963
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (574 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
FOREWORD --
PREFACE --
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --
CONTENTS --
TABLES --
INTRODUCTION --
Part I. BACKGROUND --
I. POPULATION, INCOME, AND HEALTH INSURANCE --
2. PATTERNS OF HOSPITAL USE --
3. CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS IN SHORT-TERM HOSPITALS --
4. USE OF WARD SERVICE BY HEALTH INSURANCE SUBSCRIBERS --
Part II. PERSONNEL, PLANT, AND ORGANIZATION --
5. ATTENDING STAFF --
6. INTERNS AND RESIDENTS --
7. NURSING PERSONNEL --
8. CONDITION OF PLANT AND EXPENDITURES FOR CONSTRUCTION --
9. PROBLEMS IN HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT --
10. QUALITY OF CARE --
11. AFFILIATION, REGIONALIZATION, AND COORDINATION --
Part III. FINANCING HOSPITAL CARE --
12. TRENDS IN INCOME, 1934–57 --
13. SOURCES OF INCOME OF VOLUNTARY HOSPITALS --
14. FINANCIAL POSITION OF VOLUNTARY HOSPITALS --
15. INCOME OF MUNICIPAL HOSPITALS --
16. ROLE OF GOVERNMENT --
17. ROLE OF BLUE CROSS --
18. ROLE OF PHILANTHROPY --
19. COST OF HOSPITAL CARE --
20. COMPARISONS WITH OTHER AREAS --
21. A PATTERN FOR FINANCING HOSPITAL CARE IN NEW YORK CITY --
NOTES --
INDEX
Summary:A study of hospital care in New York City that summarizes the trends in hospital care during the generation in which the original Hospital Council was active in New York, discusses the prominent issues in hospital care in the late 1950s and early 1960s, and acts as a factual base for the future planning of hospital care and as a prototype of the variety and levels of information and analysis that may be required to achieve effective planning in the enlarged fourteen-county area served by the new Hospital Review and Planning Council.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9780231883894
9783110442489
DOI:10.7312/klar91470
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Herbert E. Klarman.