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U.S. health care in conflict--Part I. The challenges of balancing cost, quality and access.

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Grappling with a technology explosion, an aging population and a growing number of uninsured, our health care system faces an uncertain and troubling future. Examine the critical issues influencing health care policy development and think about ways to ... (Full abstract text below)

Published 2002 Jul-Aug in Journal: Physician Exec (Language : eng)

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1. Physician Exec. 2002 Jul-Aug;28(4):43-7

U.S. health care in conflict--Part I. The challenges of balancing cost, quality and access.

Dombovy ML

Unity Health System, Rochester, N.Y., USA. mdombovy@unityhealth.org

Grappling with a technology explosion, an aging population and a growing number of uninsured, our health care system faces an uncertain and troubling future. Examine the critical issues influencing health care policy development and think about ways to address the dilemma of balancing cost, quality and access.

PMID : 12219531 [PubMed - Indexed for MEDLINE]

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Mary L	Dombovy	ML

Affiliation: Unity Health System, Rochester, N.Y., USA. mdombovy@unityhealth.org

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Conflict (Psychology)
Cost Control
Decision Making
Delivery of Health Care - economics, organization & administration, standards
Health Policy
Health Services Accessibility
Humans
Managed Care Programs - organization & administration
Politics
Quality of Health Care
Social Responsibility
United States

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