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Robert G. Hughes is a Pew postdoctoral fellow in health policy at the Institute for Health Policy Studies, School of Medicine, and the Institute for Health and Aging, School of Nursing, at the University of California, San Francisco. His research interests are in organizational behavior and health policy, and he is working on the effects of competition within local hospital markets.
He has been chancellor of that university and assistant secretary for health and scientific affairs in the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare. The author or coauthor of more than 100 articles and books, his interests include disease prevention, health care for the elderly, and AIDS-related issues.
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Hughes, R.G., Lee, P.R. Public prospects. Society 23, 60–65 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02695560
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02695560