Health care is more expensive in the United States than in other wealthy nations, and access varies significantly across space and social classes. In this case study, James A. Schafer Jr. uses the city of Philadelphia in the early twentieth-century to show that these problems reflect the informal organization of health care in a free market system in which profit and demand, rather than social welfare and public health needs, direct the distribution and cost of crucial resources.
Health care is more expensive in the United States than in other wealthy nations, and access varies significantly across space and social classes. In this case study, James A. Schafer Jr. uses the city of Philadelphia in the early twentieth-century to show that these problems reflect the informal organization of health care in a free market system in which profit and demand, rather than social welfare and public health needs, direct the distribution and cost of crucial resources.
JAMES A. SCHAFER JR. is an assistant professor in the history department at the University of Houston. His work examines the social, political, and economic history of American medicine and health care.
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List of Figures List of Maps List of Tables Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction Part One. 1900-1920 1. The Primacy of Private Practice 2. The Doctor as Business Owner 3. Downtown Specialists and Neighborhood GPs Part Two. 1920-1940 4. New Career Paths, New Business Methods 5. From Center City to Suburb Conclusion Appendix: Notes on Sources and Methods Notes Index
List of Figures List of Maps List of Tables Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction Part One. 1900-1920 1. The Primacy of Private Practice 2. The Doctor as Business Owner 3. Downtown Specialists and Neighborhood GPs Part Two. 1920-1940 4. New Career Paths, New Business Methods 5. From Center City to Suburb Conclusion Appendix: Notes on Sources and Methods Notes Index
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