Health care's future? Look to the past

Hospital Materiel Management Quarterly

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-7

  Dowd, Steven B ^a   Tilson, Elivin R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Armstrong State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Dichotomies; Futurism; Health care system; History

Indexed keywords

FUTUROLOGY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL PLANNING; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIAL VALUES; TECHNOLOGY, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031848818     PISSN: 01922262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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