The Nation's Health: Issues for the Future

Anne R. Somers
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Anne R. Somers: Department of Community Medicine, College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Rutgers Medical School, and Research Associate, Industrial Relations Section, Princeton University

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1972, vol. 399, issue 1, 160-174

Abstract: Nine major issues with respect to the nation's health are identified: 1) the lifestyle of the consumer and prob lems of health education, 2) availability of 24-hour compre hensive care, 3) rationalization of the delivery system, 4) re- definition of professional roles to assure personalized care, 5) free choice, consumer responsibility, and administrative decen tralization, 6) quality controls, 7) cost controls, 8) long-range financing, and 9) long-term care, especially of the aged.

Date: 1972
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DOI: 10.1177/000271627239900117

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