ABSTRACT
Analyzing Form, Function, and Financing of the U.S. Health Care System tells the story of the U.S. health care system by using a narrative approach identifying function rather than the more common data-driven focus on structure. It presents policy decisions we have made about our health care system and analyzes some of their consequences to better
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Section I: INTRODUCTION: SETTING THE CONTEXT
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Section II: FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION OF THE U.S. HEALTH AND MEDICAL CARE SYSTEM
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Section III: POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC VALUES AND HEALTH CARE FINANCING
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Section IV: HEALTH CARE REFORM IN THE UNITED STATES: TARGETED PROGRAMS AND CONSEQUENCES