Financialization of the US Nursing Home Industry
Profiteering and Patient Neglect
$106.32
- Hardcover
224 pages
- Release Date
26 January 2027
Summary
How financial profiteering has reshaped long-term care and jeopardized the well-being of nursing home residents.
Nursing homes care for some of the nation’s most vulnerable citizens. They are also increasingly controlled by financial actors whose priorities lie far from the bedside. In Financialization of the US Nursing Home Industry, Laura Katz Olson and Michael K. Gusmano examine how for-profit companies—and increasingly private equity firms and real estate…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781421456133 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1421456133 |
| Author: | Laura Katz Olson, Michael K. Gusmano |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Imprint: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 26 January 2027 |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 21mm |
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About The Author
Laura Katz Olson
Laura Katz Olson is a distinguished professor of political science at Lehigh University. She is the author of Ethically Challenged: Private Equity Storms US Health Care and The Politics of Medicaid.
Michael K. Gusmano, PhD, is the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Iacocca Chair, and Professor of Health Policy at the College of Health at Lehigh University. He is a coauthor of Health Care in World Cities: New York, Paris, and London.
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