TY - JOUR
T1 - Control of Hospital Costs
AU - Sandroni, Stephen E.
AU - Mitchell, Samuel A.
AU - Welch, H. Gilbert
AU - Schramm, Carl J.
PY - 1985/1/3
Y1 - 1985/1/3
N2 - To the Editor: Schramm's rejection of the “market solution” for hospital cost containment is timely and well reasoned (Sept. 13 issue).* His politically courageous conclusion that government must have a larger role has many implications for physicians. A larger government role necessarily implies a smaller role for physicians. Unless we use that role effectively, our advocacy for the poor, the elderly, the “outliers,” and teaching institutions may be drastically reduced. Trading some acute care resources for improvements in “overall health status” is the type of decision that will require a broad national consensus. However, once (and if) achieved, implementation of.
AB - To the Editor: Schramm's rejection of the “market solution” for hospital cost containment is timely and well reasoned (Sept. 13 issue).* His politically courageous conclusion that government must have a larger role has many implications for physicians. A larger government role necessarily implies a smaller role for physicians. Unless we use that role effectively, our advocacy for the poor, the elderly, the “outliers,” and teaching institutions may be drastically reduced. Trading some acute care resources for improvements in “overall health status” is the type of decision that will require a broad national consensus. However, once (and if) achieved, implementation of.
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM198501033120118
DO - 10.1056/NEJM198501033120118
M3 - Letter/Newsletter
C2 - 3964911
AN - SCOPUS:0022418057
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 312
SP - 54
EP - 55
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 1
ER -