Health Care Reform - Toward More Freedom, and Responsibility, for Physicians

被引：7
作者：
Luft, Harold S. [1 ,2 ]
机构：
[1] Palo Alto Med Fdn, Res Inst, Palo Alto, CA 94301 USA
[2] Univ Calif San Francisco, Philip R Lee Inst Hlth Policy Studies, San Francisco, CA 94143 USA
来源：
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE | 2009年 / 361卷 / 06期
关键词：
MEDICARE; COSTS;
D O I：
10.1056/NEJMsb0900424
中图分类号：
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号：
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要：
In this Sounding Board article, the author proposes major reform of health care in the United States by means of establishing universal coverage pools to pay for hospitalizations and the management of chronic illness. Ambulatory care not related to chronic illness would be paid for through a system organized around primary care physicians and emphasizing economic incentives, flexibility, and choice for patients and providers. Copyright © 2009 Massachusetts Medical Society.
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页数：6
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