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Sick around the world
Title
Sick around the world / written by Jon Palfreman and T.R. Reid ; produced and directed by Jon Palfreman ; a Frontline co-production with the Palfreman Film Group ; WGBH Educational Foundation.
Publication
[Alexandria, Va.] : PBS, [2008]
Physical Description
1 online resource (1 video file, 56 min.)
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Director of photography, Mark Rublee ; editor, Jon Neuburger ; original music, Cal Scott.
Originally produced as a segment of the television program Frontline, April 15, 2008.
This edition in English.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
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 how other advanced capitalist democracies - the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, Taiwan and Switzerland - deliver healthcare, and what the United States might learn from their successes and failures"--Container
Variant and related titles
ASP-AVON OCLC KB.
Frontline (Television program)
Other formats
Videodisc version: Sick around the world. Widescreen format
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 07, 2022
Series
The PBS Video Collection
Credits
Director of photography, Mark Rublee ; editor, Jon Neuburger ; original music, Cal Scott.
Performers
Correspondent: T.R. Reid.
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.
Videorecording number
2FRL62611 PBS
Subjects
Subjects (Medical)
Health Care Costs
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Quality of Health Care - economics
Genre/Form
Documentary television programs.
Internet videos.
Magazine format television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Magazine format television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Also listed under
Palfreman Film Group, production company.
WGBH Educational Foundation, production company.
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), publisher.
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