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Milbank Q. 1987;65(1):25-58.

The privatization of health care and physicians' perceptions of access to hospital services.

The Milbank quarterly

M Schlesinger, J Bentkover, D Blumenthal, R Musacchio, J Willer

PMID: 3299033

Abstract

Health care in the United States is increasingly delivered by for-profit providers, by multi-facility corporations, and under conditions of price-based competition. The joint influence of these three trends is examined through data drawn from a 1984 survey of physicians conducted by the American Medical Association. For-profit ownership and price competition are reported to restrict admission for the poor and uninsured; the effects of system affiliation are shown to be more complex. Policy responses to future restrictions on access are discussed.

Keywords: Health Care and Public Health; Medicaid

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