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American Medicine and the People's Health. An Outline with Statistical Data on the Organization of Medicine in the United States, with Special Reference to the Adjustment of Medical Service to Social and Economic Change.

American Medicine and the People's Health. An Outline with Statistical Data on the Organization... The topic that most concerns economists, sociologists and physicians today is the increasing cost of medical service and the inadequacy of its provision to men in general. In this volume Mr. Harry H. Moore, himself a public health economist, claims to have set forth without bias or prejudice in organized, logical form the chief facts now available in the present rapidly changing situation. He disavows any intention at propaganda for compulsory health insurance or any particular system of state medicine. Nevertheless, the book seems to constitute a startling arraignment of the practice of medicine as carried on in the United States today. The vitality and magnitude of this problem may perhaps best be comprehended when it is realized that there are more than 1,000,000 people engaged in medical practice in the United States, of whom less than 150,000 are physicians. The remainder are not all quacks nor are they practicing http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA American Medical Association

American Medicine and the People's Health. An Outline with Statistical Data on the Organization of Medicine in the United States, with Special Reference to the Adjustment of Medical Service to Social and Economic Change.

JAMA , Volume 90 (9) – Mar 3, 1928

American Medicine and the People's Health. An Outline with Statistical Data on the Organization of Medicine in the United States, with Special Reference to the Adjustment of Medical Service to Social and Economic Change.

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The topic that most concerns economists, sociologists and physicians today is the increasing cost of medical service and the inadequacy of its provision to men in general. In this volume Mr. Harry H. Moore, himself a public health economist, claims to have set forth without bias or prejudice in organized, logical form the chief facts now available in the present rapidly changing situation. He disavows any intention at propaganda for compulsory health insurance or any particular...
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Publisher
American Medical Association
Copyright
Copyright © 1928 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
ISSN
0098-7484
eISSN
1538-3598
DOI
10.1001/jama.1928.02690360060032
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Abstract

The topic that most concerns economists, sociologists and physicians today is the increasing cost of medical service and the inadequacy of its provision to men in general. In this volume Mr. Harry H. Moore, himself a public health economist, claims to have set forth without bias or prejudice in organized, logical form the chief facts now available in the present rapidly changing situation. He disavows any intention at propaganda for compulsory health insurance or any particular system of state medicine. Nevertheless, the book seems to constitute a startling arraignment of the practice of medicine as carried on in the United States today. The vitality and magnitude of this problem may perhaps best be comprehended when it is realized that there are more than 1,000,000 people engaged in medical practice in the United States, of whom less than 150,000 are physicians. The remainder are not all quacks nor are they practicing

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JAMAAmerican Medical Association

Published: Mar 3, 1928

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