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The Nation's Health: Issues for the Future

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  • Anne R. Somers

    (Department of Community Medicine, College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Rutgers Medical School, and Research Associate, Industrial Relations Section, Princeton University)

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Nine major issues with respect to the nation's health are identified: 1) the lifestyle of the consumer and prob lems of health education, 2) availability of 24-hour compre hensive care, 3) rationalization of the delivery system, 4) re- definition of professional roles to assure personalized care, 5) free choice, consumer responsibility, and administrative decen tralization, 6) quality controls, 7) cost controls, 8) long-range financing, and 9) long-term care, especially of the aged.

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  • Anne R. Somers, 1972. "The Nation's Health: Issues for the Future," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 399(1), pages 160-174, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:anname:v:399:y:1972:i:1:p:160-174
    DOI: 10.1177/000271627239900117
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