Public Hearings on National Health Insurance: Prepared Statements of Witnesses, Part 10U.S. Government Printing Office, 1975 |
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... year . This national budget would be allocated to health regions and in turn to health service areas . Overdoctored health service areas would receive a somewhat lower budget , on a per capita basis , than underdoctored 9.
... year . This national budget would be allocated to health regions and in turn to health service areas . Overdoctored health service areas would receive a somewhat lower budget , on a per capita basis , than underdoctored 9.
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... regional , area and local -- with some important functions carried out by states . National -- Overall Health ... regions and states 20.
... regional , area and local -- with some important functions carried out by states . National -- Overall Health ... regions and states 20.
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... regions and states -- for the development of health facilities and manpower resources , medical research and public ... Regional and Health Service Areas -- At the second and third level of administration for the Health Security Program ...
... regions and states -- for the development of health facilities and manpower resources , medical research and public ... Regional and Health Service Areas -- At the second and third level of administration for the Health Security Program ...
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... be divided among the ten regions of the country . This would done with regard for recent and current use and expenditure patterns for services covered by the program . be A - 8 Initially , the Health Security Board would 23.
... be divided among the ten regions of the country . This would done with regard for recent and current use and expenditure patterns for services covered by the program . be A - 8 Initially , the Health Security Board would 23.
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... regions in each category of covered service from the total sum allocated to the region . There would be authority for each region to determine its own needs and priorities in support of services . Cost and Quality Controls -- The ...
... regions in each category of covered service from the total sum allocated to the region . There would be authority for each region to determine its own needs and priorities in support of services . Cost and Quality Controls -- The ...
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Page 20 - Act under the supervision and direction of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, and shall, with the approval of the Secretary, prescribe such regulations as may be necessary for the administration of this Act.
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Page 140 - But, the Council noted, figures compiled by the Professional Activity Study of the Commission on Professional and Hospital Activities showed identical peaks for patients 65 years and older even before Medicare was established.
Page 123 - Elimination of the fee has always been a must in our thinking, since it is a barrier to early entry into sick care. Early entry is essential for early treatment and for preventing serious illness and complications. Only after years of costly experience did we discover that the elimination of the fee is practically as much of a barrier to early sick care as the fee itself. The reason is that when we removed the fee, we removed...
Page 2 - consumer choice" or "competition" health insurance plans would make the nation's present costly, fragmented, and inflationary health care delivery system worse rather than better. The nation needs a health care system with basic coverage which emphasizes a comprehensive single standard of benefits, universal coverage, access to health care as a matter of right, incentives for reform of the delivery system, built-in quality controls, effective cost controls, minimum administrative overhead cost, equitable...