The idealistic HMO : can good care survive the market? /
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Hedrick Smith investigates Kaiser Permanente--the largest nonprofit HMO in the U.S.--and its social mission of lifetime care. Although it has pioneered improvements such as mass screening for colon cancer and special team care for patients with diabetes and HIV, Kai...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Closed captioned. |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Films for the Humanities & Sciences,
[2003]
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| Series: | Critical condition (Television program)
How good is your health care? |
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| Summary: | Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Hedrick Smith investigates Kaiser Permanente--the largest nonprofit HMO in the U.S.--and its social mission of lifetime care. Although it has pioneered improvements such as mass screening for colon cancer and special team care for patients with diabetes and HIV, Kaiser has also drawn fire for unpopular cost-cutting measures and for allegedly neglecting needy communities. |
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| Item Description: | Previously released in 2000. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (47 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD-R; this disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players or drives. |
| Production Credits: | Editor, Wendy Wank ... [et al.] ; music, Eric Kaye. |