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Chapter 2 takes a structural look at the health care industry circa 1994 and also provides a brief summary of the major events and trends that have led to the current situation.

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  1. For a comprehensive treatment of the subject, see Paul Starr, The Social Transformation of American Medicine, New York: Basic Books, 1982.

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Bourke, M.K. (1994). Health Care Industry Structure. In: Strategy and Architecture of Health Care Information Systems. Computers in Health Care. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2338-0_2

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2338-0_2

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