The Hospital
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The Hospital
| Full title | The Hospital: Life, Death, and Dollars in a Small American Town |
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| Author | Brian Alexander |
| Published | 2021 |
| Pages | 320 |
| Recommended | 2 times |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Alexander spent a year inside a small independent hospital in Bryan, Ohio, watching it try to stay solvent while serving patients who cannot pay — American healthcare economics made visible, because at this scale nothing can be hidden in consolidated accounts. |
Where I heard about it
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Spotted at Powell’s Books at Cedar Hills Crossing, Beaverton — July 2025 (Books photo album)
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Replies to @WillManidis — named in the thread answering “what is the single best book you can read that will explain an entire industry?”, June 2025. Full list: what is the single best book… (tweet).
Connections
- Healthcare — the industry, seen from the unit that actually delivers it.
- Institutions — a community hospital as an institution under financial pressure.
- Regulation — reimbursement rules as the force setting the constraints.
- what is the single best book… (tweet) — the thread this recommendation came from.
What links here
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