The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 52, 369-384, Copyright © 1991 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
The brave new world of health care
RD Lamm
Center for Public Policy and Contemporary Issues, University of Denver, Colorado 80208.
We are rapidly entering into a brave new world of health care. Infinite
medical demands have run smack into finite resources. We can't pay for
everything but we can spend our limited resources in a much more health-
effective way. We have no other alternative but to devise systems that give
us maximum health to our society with our limited resources. It is time to
begin this process.