The Need to Develop a National Health Strategy - A Report on the Industry
Abstract
The quality of health care in terms of treatment, system responsiveness, and health inequalities among the population in the United States is not commensurate with its cost. Although some argue that the United States can claim a quality of health care among the highest in the world, costs in fact are soaring out of proportion to the quality of care provided to the population as a whole. Government and private industry spending on health care threatens an impending national fiscal crisis as Americans age but live longer with chronic diseases while engaging in unhealthy lifestyles that cause problems such as obesity. The U.S. must control costs while ensuring broad access to high quality care. Development now of a National Health Strategy provides the best chance to produce the needed fundamental change in time to avert approaching fiscal disaster.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 18, 2005
- Accession Number
- ADA431940
Entities
People
- Harry B. Williams
Organizations
- United States Army War College