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A layman's guide to the U.S. health care system
N De Lew1, G Greenberg, K Kinchen
1U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC 20201.
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This article provides an overview of the U.S. health care system and recent proposals for health system reform. Prepared for a 15-nation comparative study for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the article summarizes descriptive data on the financing, utilization, access, and supply of U.S. health services; analyzes health system cost growth and trends; reviews health reforms adopted in the 1980s; and discusses proposals in the current health system reform debate.
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