An interview with Steven A. Schroeder

In 1972, with a ! billion endowment from the immense personal fortune left by the late Robert Wood Johnson, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation became the world's largest health care philanthropic organization. Now, with a new chairman of the board, Sidney F. Wentz, and president, Steven A. Schroeder, MD, the foundation has revised its overall grant-making prospectus. In this interview, Dr. Schroeder discusses the foundation's grant-making strategies and health manpower projects, forces affecting the U.S. health care system, and his vision for health care over the next decade.