Description
Book SynopsisFor the current leaders of medical schools facing similar financial challenges, Kastor analyzes how much it costs to teach clinical medicine and offers valuable advice on how to reduce expenses and increase surpluses.
Trade ReviewDr. Kastor presents an insider's view. The Grapevine NYU School of Medicine 2008 Kastor's analyses are valuable not only because of his own experiences as a former chair of a department of medicine in an academic medical center, but also because of the candor he provokes in his interviews with hundreds of physicians, administrators, and hospital and university leaders... This volume should be essential reading for leaders of academic medical centers. -- John T. Potts Journal of Clinical Investigation 2008 The book raises questions about the future of all academic medical centers. Health Affairs 2008 An excellent book, well informed and especially readable... The author has written a captivating story that will become a classic in the contemporary history of US health care for many years to come. -- Hector O. Ventura, MD JAMA 2008 Selling Teaching Hospitals and Practice Plans joins John Kastor's three other excellent volumes in a series that uniquely documents how the vast changes in the U.S. health care system have led to the restructuring of leading American academic medical centers. Like its predecessors, it is superbly researched, well organized, and an engaging read. It is must reading for all those involved in health care, hospital administration, and medical education. -- Pascal James Imperato, MD The Pharos 2009
Table of ContentsPreface
1. Washington and Its Academic Medical Centers
2. George Washington University: Selling the Hospital
3. George Washington University: Separating the Practice Plan
4. George Washington University: Closing the HMO
5. George Washington University and Its Medical School
6. Georgetown University: Selling the Hospital
7. Georgetown University: Selling the Practice Plan
8. Georgetown University and Its Medical School
9. MedStar Health
10. Conclusions
Appendix A: Other Universities with Teaching Hospitals Owned by For-Profit Companies
Appendix B: Reducing Deficits and Increasing Surpluses in Private Medical Schools That Do Not Own Their Primary Teaching Hospitals
Appendix C: Interviewees
Notes
Index
