Weinstock Matthew
Hosp Health Netw. 2004 Sep;78(9):40-2, 44-8, 2.
Reality check: Nearly 80 percent of all health care dollars are now spent to treat chronic conditions. More than 100 million Americans suffer from one or more of these illnesses, a number that will swell in coming years. But health care--from the way it's paid for to the way it's delivere--remains heavily geared to acute care. Something's got to give.
目前，近80%的医疗保健费用用于治疗慢性病。超过1亿美国人患有一种或多种此类疾病，这一数字在未来几年还会增加。但是医疗保健——从其支付方式到提供方式——仍然严重倾向于急性病治疗。必须有所改变。
