References
- Three excellent scholarly works are recommended to readers desiring an in-depth analysis of the evolution of American health care in the 20th century. See CHARLES E. ROSENBERG, THE CARE OF SIKANGERS: THE RISE OF AMERICA'S HOSPITAL SYSTEM (1987); PAUL E. STARR, THE SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION OF AMERICAN MEDICINE (1982); ROSEMARY E. STEVENS, AMERICAN MEDICINE AND THE PUBLIC INTEREST (1971).
- Ideas leading to creation of successful federal programs for reduced-service rural hospitals were first presented at conferences sponsored by the Illinois Rural Health Association and the Illinois Hospital Association. See Jeffrey C. Bauer, Trends in Rural Health Care Delivery: Progressive Nonhospital Alternatives, in FINANCING RURAL HEALTH CARE (1988); Jeffrey C. Bauer, The Primary Care Hospital: More and Better Health Care Without Closure, in RURAL HEALTH CARE: INNOVATION IN A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT (1992).
- For a detailed analysis of the development of telemedicine, see JEFFREY C. BAUER & MARC A. RINGEL, TELEMEDICINE AND THE REINVENTIDN OF HEALIIICARE: THE SEVENTH REVOLUTION IN MEDICINE (1999).