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The Simple Reality of Our Complex System: The Future of Health Care

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

Sylvia Mathews Burwell
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Abstract

The incredible complexity of the United States health care system can be connected to three simple outcomes: access, affordability, and quality. We should measure our progress against these three measures. While historic progress on access was made through implementation of the Affordable Care Act, the next area of focus for more results across all three measures is delivery system reform.

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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 46 , Issue 4: Next Steps in Health Reform , Winter 2018 , pp. 825 - 828
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 2018

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