Physician Support Personnel In the 1970's

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If current economic and technological resources were properly allocated in the United States, all citizens could be provided access to the appropriate level of health care. There are, however, several major barriers to the early attainment of this public policy goal. First, it is clear that existing manpower resources are inadequate. Second, the health professions individually and in various combinations cannot yet take advantage of technology and "organization" to increase their productivity. Third, suitable methods for financing the health care of all citizens have yet to be devised. These problems constitute high priorities for the National Center's research and development in health services. A further hindrance to rapid progress in providing an equitable allocation of resources, is the competition for public and private funds by other high-priority national problems. In this competition, priority choices in the health field are especially limited by lack of information on the effectiveness of current

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