Abstract
The major challenge facing the American health care system today is to devise a strategy for achieving three primary objectives simultaneously: (1) high quality, or excellence in standards of care, (2) balance, or equitable access to that quality care, and (3) some reasonable semblance of cost control in providing that quality care to everyone. Following World War II, the weight of government was thrown solidly behind the access and quality portions of the equation, first with the enactment of the Hill-Burton capital financing program and its accompanying community service obligations, and accelerating in the midsixties through creation of Medicare, Medicaid, and other financing and delivery programs entitling categories of individuals to health care benefits.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
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