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Population-Based Health Care

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The past two decades have witnessed extensive changes within our health care system. An abundance of new diagnostic technologies and therapeutic advances have emerged. Concomitantly, doubts about the efficacy of some technologies, concerns about escalating health care costs, the increasing numbers of individuals without health insurance or access to care, and growing consumer and corporate interest have led to changes in the organization and delivery of health care services. Today’s health care system attempts to link effectiveness to the improvement of public health outcomes, and seeks to reduce costs. Consumers and policy makers are looking for the right mix of efficacious, cost-effective technology delivered in a highly personal and consumer friendly setting. Family physicians are assuredly qualified to bring forth.

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  1. Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine, 97201-3098, Portland, Oregon, USA

    Robert B. Taylor M.D. (Professor of Family Medicine) & Scott A. Fields M.D. (Professor and Vice Chairman) (Professor of Family Medicine) &  (Professor and Vice Chairman)

  2. Department of Family and Community Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, 53226-0509, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

    Alan K. David M.D. (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

  3. Department of Family Medicine, University of Mississippi School of Medicine, 39216-4500, Jackson, Mississippi, USA

    D. Melessa Phillips M.D. (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

  4. College of Medicine, Florida State University College of Medicine, 32306-4300, Tallahassee, Florida, USA

    Joseph E. Scherger M.D., M.P.H. (Dean) (Dean)

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Goldberg, B.W. (2003). Population-Based Health Care. In: Taylor, R.B., David, A.K., Fields, S.A., Phillips, D.M., Scherger, J.E. (eds) Family Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-21744-4_6

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