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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	O'Donnell, Donna Gentile.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Philadelphia : Camino Books, c2005.
Subjects and Genres:	Philadelphia General Hospital > History. Philadelphia General Hospital. Public hospitals > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History. Hospital closures > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History. Poor > Medical care > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History. Health Facility Closure > history > Philadelphia. Health Facility Closure > history > United States. Hospitals, Municipal > history > Philadelphia. Hospitals, Municipal > history > United States. Financing, Government > Philadelphia. Financing, Government > United States. Health Services Accessibility > economics > Philadelphia. Health Services Accessibility > economics > United States. Medical Indigency > Philadelphia. Medical Indigency > United States.
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Table of Contents:

Ascent and aspiration : early development of public hospitals in America
Hill-Burton, Medicare, and Medicaid : the politics, policies and impact of federal health care expansion
The closure of PGH in context : twentieth-century trends in public hospitals
PGH : descent and demise
The closure : the beginning of the end
The decision and the aftermath
Analysis and discussion.