The Nation's Health: Issues for the Future
- 1 January 1972
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
- Vol. 399 (1) , 160-174
- https://doi.org/10.1177/000271627239900117
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.Keywords
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