RT Book, Section
A1 Bodenheimer, Thomas
A1 Grumbach, Kevin
SR Print(0)
ID 1171159312
T1 Conclusion: Tensions and Challenges
T2 Understanding Health Policy: A Clinical Approach, 8e
YR 2020
FD 2020
PB McGraw Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260454260
LK accessphysiotherapy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1171159312
RD 2024/04/19
AB The  perfect  health  care  system  is  like  perfect  health—a  noble  aspiration  but  one  that  is  impossible  to  attain.  In  the  preceding  chapters,  we  have  discussed  many  fundamental  issues  and  principles  involved  in  formulating  health  care  policy.  A  recurrent  theme  has  been  the  notion  that  “magic  bullets”  are  hard  to  come  by.  As  stated  in  Chapter  2,  policies  tend  to  evolve  in  a  cyclic  process  of  finding  solutions  that  create  new  problems  that  require  new  solutions.  Policy  changes  may  offer  a  degree  of  relief  for  a  pressing  problem,  such  as  inadequate  access  to  care,  but  frequently  also  give  rise  to  various  side  effects,  such  as  stimulating  health  care  cost  inflation.