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March 29, 2026The Business History Review

Hospital City, Health Care Nation: Race, Capital, and the Costs of American Health Care. By Guian A. McKee. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2023. 392 pp. Hardcover, 45. 00. ISBN: 978-1-5128-2393-6.

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Review examines healthcare costs affected by race and capital in American society, highlighting inequities.

Key Points

  • To analyze the interplay of race and capital in shaping the costs of healthcare in America.
  • Literature review on health care systems
  • Analysis of socio-economic factors
  • Examination of historical health care policies
  • Identifies significant disparities in healthcare costs by race
  • Reveals how capital influences access to health care
  • Highlights systemic inequities in American health care

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Han Zhang (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69c8c43ede0f0f753b39ef12https://doi.org/10.1017/s0007680526101421
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