Health Care Economics: The High Cost of Getting Well.

Culliton, Barbara J.

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Health Care Economics: The High Cost of Getting Well

Culliton, Barbara J.

Science, 200, 4344, 883-5, May 78

This is a discussion of some of the reasons for the high cost of health care in the United States in government programs, hospital wages, physician's fees, excess beds, too many specialists, and high technology--and some of the proposed solutions to these problems. (BB)

Descriptors: Economic Factors, Economics, Federal Programs, Health, Health Programs, Medical Services, Medicine, Physicians, Primary Health Care, Technological Advancement

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