Title: A Subspecialist's View of Training and Pediatric Practice in the Next Millennium
Abstract: Commentary| September 01 1998 A Subspecialist's View of Training and Pediatric Practice in the Next Millennium W. Allan Walker, MD W. Allan Walker, MD Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Reprint requests to (W.A.W.) Children's Hospital, Gastroenterology and Nutrition, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115-5737. Pediatrics (1998) 102 (3): 636–643. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.102.3.636 Article history Received: November 06 1997 Accepted: March 05 1998 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation W. Allan Walker; A Subspecialist's View of Training and Pediatric Practice in the Next Millennium. Pediatrics September 1998; 102 (3): 636–643. 10.1542/peds.102.3.636 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All PublicationsAll JournalsPediatricsHospital PediatricsPediatrics In ReviewNeoReviewsAAP Grand RoundsAAP NewsAll AAP Sites Search Advanced Search Subjects: Agency ABCs Topics: gastroenterologists, internal medicine, managed care programs, pediatric gastroenterology, internship and residency, workforce, physicians, family, clinical research, trend, quality of care Since the early 1990s, it has become apparent to American physicians that major changes in the practice of medicine would be forthcoming during the last decade of this century so that medicine, as we have known it, will be strikingly different in the next millennium. When medical costs during the last 10 years, particularly Medicare costs, began rising at a rate considerably faster than inflation and medical costs as a percentage of the gross national product were noted to be much higher in the United States than in other developed countries,1–3 medical care became a political issue for the American people. As a result, new expense containment/saving measures were instituted to bring its cost under control. The most significant of these changes involved the rapid rise in the total percentage of patients covered by managed care plans. This change in patient coverage has led to major alterations in medical... You do not currently have access to this content.
Publication Year: 1998
Publication Date: 1998-09-01
Language: en
Type: article
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