TY - BOOK AU - Gusmano,Michael K. AU - Rodwin,Victor G. AU - Weisz,Daniel TI - Health Care in World Cities: New York, Paris, and London SN - 9780801898471 AV - RA407 .G87 2010 U1 - 614.4/2421 PY - 2010/// CY - Baltimore PB - Johns Hopkins University Press KW - Health status indicators-New York (State)-New York KW - Health status indicators-France-Paris KW - Health status indicators-England-London KW - Urban health KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. A New Approach to Comparing Health Systems -- 2. Comparable Cities within Contrasting Health Systems -- 3. Overall Performance of the Health System: Avoidable Mortality -- 4. Access to Primary Care: Avoidable Hospital Conditions -- 5. Access to Specialty Care: The Treatment of Heart Disease -- 6. Conclusions -- Appendix: Data and Methods -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W N2 - In providing empirical comparisons of access to care in these three health systems, the authors refute inaccurate claims about health care outside of the United States UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4398318 ER -