Friedman E
Health Manage Q. 1988;10(3):17-20.
There are some almost-eerie parallels in how government, payers and patients/passengers view U.S. health care and U.S. air travel. Many claim to see the benefits of competition while some (even simultaneously) point to a need for regulation. The federal government in particular has supplemented traditional controls with "regulation by embarrassment," publishing on-time performance records for airlines and mortality rates for hospitals. Emily Friedman, writing from the imagined viewpoint of November 1994, thinks the parallels may be even eerier than many people realize.
政府、支付方以及患者/乘客看待美国医疗保健和美国航空旅行的方式存在一些近乎怪异的相似之处。许多人声称看到了竞争的好处，而一些人（甚至同时）指出需要监管。特别是联邦政府，用“以尴尬促监管”来补充传统的管控方式，公布航空公司的准时表现记录以及医院的死亡率。艾米丽·弗里德曼从1994年11月这个想象的视角进行写作，她认为这些相似之处可能比许多人意识到的还要怪异。
