Home Care Controversy Too Little, Too Late, Too Costly

Title: Home Care Controversy Too Little, Too Late, Too Costly
Author: Mary O'Neil Mundinger
Publisher: Aspen Systems Corporation, Rockville MD and London
Published: 1983
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Edition: 1st edition
Number of Pages: 205
Catalogs: Nursing History, History of Medicine
Description: Original navy blue binding with silver and red text on cover and spine. Some wear to hinges, corners, and spine ends, but firm. Ownership information in ink on flyleaf, and page fore-edges. Pages are a little stained, but otherwise unmarked. Tucked in is a biography of the author from the APHA Public Health Nursing Awards Luncheon of 1985. This book analyzes the structure and organization of home health services for the elderly, as of 1983, and the failures of public policy in the delivery of that care. The origins, intent, and first 17 years of Medicare are discussed, as well as its deficiencies. The history of home health, current policy guidelines, the policy process, and failure to meet needs are then addressed, including billing fraud. A number of case studies and interviews are part of this study. From the nursing history collections of Ruth Knollmueller and Sarah Abrams. Hardcover, acceptable condition. 205 pages, octavo.