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The Price We Pay: What Broke American Health Care--and How to Fix It
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The Price We Pay: What Broke American Health Care--and How to Fix It Hardcover -

by Makary M.D., Marty

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From the New York Times-bestselling author of Unaccountable comes an eye-opening, urgent look at America's broken health care system--and the people who are saving it.g it.

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  • Title The Price We Pay: What Broke American Health Care--and How to Fix It
  • Author Makary M.D., Marty
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Condition Used - Collectible - Good
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Maps
  • Bookseller's Inventory # E11OS-00086
  • ISBN 9781635574111 / 1635574110
  • Weight 1.2 lbs (0.54 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.3 x 6.4 x 1.1 in (23.62 x 16.26 x 2.79 cm)
  • Themes
    • Topical: Health & Fitness
  • Library of Congress subjects Medical economics - United States, Medical care, Cost of - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2018053675
  • Dewey Decimal Code 338.473

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  • Booklist, 08/01/2019, Page 8
  • Choice, 04/01/2020, Page 0
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About the author

Dr. Marty Makary is a professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health and the author of the New York Times bestseller, Unaccountable. He is a leading voice for physicians in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and USA Today, and is Editor-in-Chief of Medpage Today. Marty has published extensively on medical innovation, quality measurement, special issues of vulnerable populations, and health care costs. He served in leadership roles at the W.H.O. and has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine. He leads several national grants on health care transparency and the re-design of health care. Marty is the chief of the Johns Hopkins Center for Islet Transplantation Surgery and is the recipient of the Nobility in Science Award from the National Pancreas Foundation. Previously he served as founding director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Surgical Trials and Outcomes Research. Marty currently serves as chair of the advisory board of African Mission Healthcare. He lives in the Washington, DC area.