The United States' health care system: Problems and solutions
dc.contributor.author | Lichtenstein, Richard L. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-04-10T15:31:41Z | |
dc.date.available | 2006-04-10T15:31:41Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1993 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Lichtenstein, Richard L. (1993)."The United States' health care system: Problems and solutions." Survey of Ophthalmology 38(3): 310-316. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/30477> | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6TCC-4C06HYS-1H/2/1528ed3a5af0c29890a01e766990c015 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/30477 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=8310399&dopt=citation | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | The problems facing the U.S. health care system are not new; they have been discussed for the last 60 years. The problems have not been solved because, due to fears of government involvement, we have been reluctant to impose central planning and management on the system. Reliance on the free market and fee-for-service reimbursement to allocate health resources, to contain costs and to determine who has health insurance has failed. The result is that the U.S. spends more per capita on health services than any other country in the world, but lags behind many other countries on such health indicators as life expectancy and infant mortality. Several criteria for evaluating proposals for health reform are offered and ten such proposals are discussed. It is likely that, in the short run, the U.S. will adopt reforms that require the least change in the current system. However, these changes will not address adequately the fundamental problems with the system and, ultimately, major changes will have to be undertaken. [This article is followed by an editorial by Dr. Jonathan Trobe relating its concepts to the objectives set forth in the recently proposed Clinton Health Plan.] | en_US |
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dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | en_US |
dc.title | The United States' health care system: Problems and solutions | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.rights.robots | IndexNoFollow | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Ophthalmology | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Health Sciences | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Department of Health Services Management and Policy, University of Michigan, School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA | en_US |
dc.identifier.pmid | 8310399 | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/30477/1/0000105.pdf | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0039-6257(93)90080-Q | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Survey of Ophthalmology | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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