The Crisis in America's Health Care and its Public Policy Implications.
Abstract
The author examines the Department of Defense program to procure and retain physicians for the armed forces. The necessity for such a program is shown to be related to the medical profession's policy of restricting entry into the profession; the resulting shortage of physicians is found to be inseparable from the national issues of health care productivity and delivery, and the present inadequacies of health care financing. A statement of the central issue is formulated, the main barriers to be overcome are identified, and a politically moderate solution is proposed through adoption of certain key policies. Such a solution is described as unlikely since it requires the support and participation of the medical profession. The alternative is a later and more severe public and political reaction, leading to an increasingly centralized national health service system. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1973
- Accession Number
- AD0769818
Entities
People
- James Homer Hester
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School