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First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Potter's book examines the claims of a narrowing distinction between not-for-profit and for-profit hospitals by analyzing short-term general hospital outcomes in the 48 contiguous states over a fifteen-year period in conjunction with various

This text analyzes the differences in health care utilization patterns between formerly homeless families and those who had never used the resources of a shelter, and presents policy recommendations in the context of changes in welfare policies and the expansion of Medicaid managed care programmes.

Directs attention to three crucial questions: whether telemedicine improves rural health delivery, what role it plays in the economics of the health-care industry, and how necessary effective telemedicine government programs are. Describes the technology's current diffusion and identifies keys to s