Can we really use economic thinking to understand our health care system? Health
Economics, now in its sixth edition, not only shows how this is done, but also provides the …

Imbalance in the health workforce is a major concern in both developed and developing
countries. It is a complex issue that encompasses a wide range of possible situations. This …

The Economics of Health and Health Care is the market-leading health economics textbook,
providing comprehensive coverage of all the key topics, and balancing economic theory …

This change is welcome in many respects, since generalists have perennially been
undervalued by health care institutions, payers, and even patients. The greater prominence …

This analysis addresses the question, Would increasing the number of primary care
physicians improve health outcomes in the United States? A search of the PubMed …

Eight interrelated reasons for the decline of the golden age of doctoring are discussed in this
article. Major extrinsic factors (generally outside the control of the profession) include (1) the …

BACKGROUND Although access to cancer care is known to influence patient outcomes, to
the authors' knowledge, little is known regarding geographic access to cancer care, and how …

It is widely believed that the United States is producing too many physicians. We have
approached this issue by developing a new model for workforce planning based on …

Six dental schools have closed in the last decade and others are in jeopardy. Facing this
uncertainty about the status of dental education and the continued tension between …

The origins and development of interdisciplinary health care teams in the US is traced from
World War II successes with multidisciplinary medical and surgical teams to President …