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Where Is “Universal” Health Care Headed in the Global Village?

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In this chapter, we address the question of how health care in general, and, in particular, the highly technical domain of critical care medicine, can evolve to remain obtainable and accessible around the world. Great differences exist around the world—in resources, in cultures, and in political systems. Those differences play out in how health care systems are organized and financed around the globe as well, as should be clear from previous chapters in this volume. It is also clear that many of these differences have been driven by historical developments, often in response to cultural factors.

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  1. Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Medical Center Leeuwarden, Troelstraweg 33, 8916 AB, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands

    Michael A. Kuiper M.D., Ph.D., F.C.C.M.

  2. Department of Medicine, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, NJ, USA

    Steven M. Hollenberg M.D.

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    David W. Crippen

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Kuiper, M.A., Hollenberg, S.M. (2013). Where Is “Universal” Health Care Headed in the Global Village?. In: Crippen, D. (eds) ICU Resource Allocation in the New Millennium. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3866-3_37

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