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Category: History  The Medical Metropolis: Health Care and Economic Transformation in Pittsburgh and Houston (American Business, Politics, and Society) free ebook download

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Author(s): Andrew T. Simpson Date: 2024 Format: pdf Language: English ISBN/ASIN: 0812251679   Pages: 288 OCR: Quality: ISBN13:   Uploader: gestalt Upload Date: 9/17/2023 2:45:37 AM       To download click on link in the Links Table below                                                                        Description: Click to see full description In 2008, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Centers (UPMC) hoisted its logo atop the U.S. Steel Building in downtown Pittsburgh, symbolically declaring that the era of big steel had been replaced by the era of big medicine for this once industrial city. More than 1,200 miles to the south, a similar sense of optimism pervaded the public discourse around the relationship between health care and the future of Houston's economy. While traditional Texas industries like oil and natural gas still played a critical role, the presence of the massive Texas Medical Center, billed as "the largest medical complex in the world," had helped to rebrand the city as a site for biomedical innovation and ensured its stability during the financial crisis of the mid-2000s. Taking Pittsburgh and Houston as case studies, Read more Links Table     Title Link Password Size (MB) Thank to Inform Admin 3201789 Book https://nitroflare.com/view/157B34488541...   0.00 gestalt Tags: American Business Care Economic Health Houston Medical Metropolis Pittsburgh Transformation Title Link Password Size Reason Dead link New format   Those who downloaded this book also downloaded the following books: Comments New comment:

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