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Origins of American health insurance : a history of industrial sickness funds / John E. Murray.

Author/creator Murray, John E., 1959-
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoNew Haven : Yale University Press, ©2007.
Descriptionxiv, 313 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
Supplemental Content Table of contents only
Subject(s)
Series Yale series in economic and financial history
Yale series in economic and financial history. ^A758687
Contents Industrial sickness funds -- Political economy of progressive-era sickness insurance -- Progressive ideals : private and public insurance in Europe -- The rise of sickness funds -- How establishment funds worked -- How labor union funds worked -- Workers' decisions to save or buy insurance -- Workers' decisions to work or stay home sick -- Insured workers' health in the Great Depression -- Actuarial science and the decline of sickness funds -- Succession in the forest of health care reform.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 289-304) and index.
LCCN 2007015555
ISBN9780300120912 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0300120915 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks HG 9396 .M87 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold