Reform presents no clear model for provider mix

Article Abstract:

Pres Clinton is just beginning to examine the way that non-physician providers can be used to reduce the cost of health care and extend coverage to the uninsured. There is a groundswell of support for nonphysicians, given the shortage of doctors interested in primary care. The number of nonphysicians needed is, as yet, unknown, but these professionals will probably be recruited from the ranks of physicians' assistants and nurse practitioners. Some experts have advocated using nonphysician use at HMOs as a model.

Offices of health practitioners, not elsewhere classified, Laws, regulations and rules, Nurse practitioners, Health care reform, Physicians' assistants

---

AMA official gazes into year 2000 and beyond

Article Abstract:

M. Roy Schwarz, AMA senior VP for medical education and science, predicted future trends in medical care in a speech at a conference co-sponsored by the AMA and Society for the Directors of Research on Medical Education on Feb 28, 1992. According to Schwarz, piecemeal reforms will take the place of a comprehensive nationalized health insurance system. Europe and Japan will develop most new research technologies. Some medical schools will close, and statistics will increasingly describe physicians' performance.

Forecasts and trends, Medical care, Schwarz, M. Roy

---

'Midcourse correction' suggested for AIDS research

Article Abstract:

The AIDS Research Program Evaluation Working Group issued a report calling for revisions in acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) research funding and study. The report, which was commissioned by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Office of AIDS Research, recommended that the NIH adopt uniform guidelines for AIDS research funding, centralize AIDS research and focus on investigator-initiated studies.

Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences, Research and Testing Services, Viral Disease R&D, Research, Management, United States. National Institutes of Health, Viral research, AIDS (Disease), AIDS research

Similar abstracts:

• Abstracts: New president a 'statesman' for the AMA. Drug trafficking conviction overturned in cocaine-baby case. Use of drug trafficking law hit in cocaine-baby case
• Abstracts: Free-market reforms to be expanded within British NHS. Rumblings of tort reform being heard in British Isles. Psychiatrists might bear brunt of Irish abortion decision

This website is not affiliated with document authors or copyright owners. This page is provided for informational purposes only. Unintentional errors are possible.