Title: The Role of the Private Sector in an Economy of Limited Health-Care Resources
Abstract: Home care and the lack of scientific and technical knowledge were features of the first century of medical care in the United States. Although medical care today makes available hospital treatment, a solid scientific base and an advanced and costly technology, we are now facing an era in which economic resources will be limited and in which we will have to live with more restraints than has been the case. "Rationing" of health care is a term repugnant to most Americans. The word evokes the specters of arbitrary refusal of needed services and unwarranted interference in the private practice of . . .
Publication Year: 1979
Publication Date: 1979-04-05
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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