Defines a health system model and proposes a set of hypotheses relating the health system to health outcome. (Editor)

Recognizing that few medical students or physicians are aware of concepts regarding areawide health planning and decision making, the Office of Continuing Medical Education at the University of Nevada developed a program to be directed toward medical students that focuses on three aspects of health planning: education, orientation, and…

Since November 1, 1970, doctors in Quebec have been operating under a government-controlled compulsory and universal "fee-for-service" insurance plan. This article reviews resulting changes and examines implications for medical education of "global medicine," team care, external control of costs, and a new role for the…

Community leaders and physicians considering locating in rural communities need a method by which they can evaluate a community's potential for supporting a physician. A survey was conducted in 1986 of 25 physicians' practices in rural Oklahoma, with data collected on the number of patient visits and practice costs. (Author/MLW)

The successes and problems of the polyclinic (so named to indicate that many subspecialties of internal medicine and related services are represented) approach are discussed. The polyclinic is described as a means of improving the quality of care and the teaching of ambulatory care in clinics of university teaching hospitals. (Editor/LBH)

The new Peer Review Organizations (PSRO) will review the quality, necessity, and appropriateness of medical care for which payment is made under the terms of the Social Security Act. The many differences between teaching and nonteaching hospitals suggest that it may be inappropriate to evaluate institutional services using a single set of norms of…

Describes organization of an on-campus teaching clinic designed by faculty and students to meet the needs of the university community. (PG)

The capacity of health policy to adapt to changes will determine its future. (PG)

Author believes the Council of Academic Societies is in a unique position to bring together concerned experts to formulate new patterns of representation of basic medical science in modern medical centers. (Editor)

From paper presented at October 30, 1970 plenary session during the 81st Annual Meeting of the Association of American Medical Colleges. (IR)

Describes a continuing comprehensive care program to train medical personnel to care for ambulatory patients. (Editor/IR)

Contains a summary of the responses to a survey questionnaire which was sent to all academic medical centers in the U.S. in April 1973 concerning programs in health services delivery and primary care education. (Editor)

Factor analytic development of various measures of consumer perceptions regarding characteristics of doctors and health care services is described. Findings are discussed in relation to program planning and evaluation in medical education, and suggestions for future research are noted. (Editor/JT)

The five-year growth of an active Student Mental Health Service (SMHS) in an urban academic health center is described. The function of SMHS is limited strictly to therapeutic and consultative services for the students and operates as an outpatient treatment facility using a standard 12-session goal-oriented treatment plan. (LBH)