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Ann Thorac Surg 1991;52:369-384
© 1991 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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The brave new world of health care

Richard D. Lamm*

The Center for Public Policy and Contemporary Issues, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA

* Address reprint requests to Governor Lamm, The Center for Public Policy and Contemporary Issues, University of Denver, 2301 S Gaylord St, Denver, CO 80208.

We are rapidly entering into a brave new world of health care. Infinite medical demands have run smack into finite resources. We can't pay for everything but we can spend our limited resources in a much more health-effective way.

We have no other alternative but to devise systems that give us maximum health to our society with our limited resources.

It is time to begin this process.




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