Medical Schools and the Quality of Medical Care

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INCREASING attention has been paid in recent years to the economics of medical care. Proposals for newer health-service programs have stimulated a voluminous literature, and many important experiments in organized medical care have been developed to meet the increasing public demands.Few students of the problem would quarrel with this emphasis upon costs and distribution of care. Ready access to adequate health services must exist for all the people.The removal of economic barriers, however, would in itself not provide the whole answer to the medical needs of the country. There remains the challenging task of improving the quality of . . .