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1 DVD (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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polychrome |
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digital |
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video file |
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DVD video |
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DVD. |
| Credits |
Edited by Jon Neuburger ; correspondent: T.R. Reid. |
| Note |
Originally broadcast as segments of the television program Frontline on April 15, 2008. |
| Contents |
1. Great Britain: a leader in preventive medicine -- 2. Japan: universal coverage, no gatekeepers -- 3. Germany: a popular largely market-based system -- 4. Taiwan: a new system they copied from others -- 5. Switzerland: its former system resembled ours. |
| Summary |
"Four in five Americans say the U.S. health-care system needs "fundamental" change. Can the U.S. learn anything from the rest of the world about how to run a health-care system, or are these nations so culturally different from us that their solutions would simply not be acceptable to Americans? FRONTLINE correspondent T.R. Reid examines first-hand the health-care systems of other advanced capitalist democracies -- UK, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, and Taiwan -- to see what tried and tested ideas might help us reform our broken health-care system."--Frontline web site |
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"A Fronline co-production with the Palfreman Film Group ; FRONTLINE is a production of WGBH Boston, which is solely responsible for its content."--credits. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned. |
| Subject |
Medical care -- United States.
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Medical care. |
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United States. |
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Medical care -- Great Britain.
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Great Britain. |
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Medical care -- Japan.
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Japan. |
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Medical care -- Germany.
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Germany. |
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Medical care -- Taiwan.
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Taiwan. |
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Medical care -- Switzerland.
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Switzerland. |
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Public health administration.
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Public health administration. |
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Documentary television programs.
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Documentary television programs.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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| Subject |
Medical care. |
| Added Author |
Palfreman, Jon.
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Neuburger, Jon.
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Reid, T. R.
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WGBH Educational Foundation.
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Palfreman Film Group.
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PBS Video.
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| Added Title |
Frontline (Television program)
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| Music No. |
FRL62611 PBS Home Video |
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