ASHA. 1990 Apr;32(4):67-70.
The critical issues addressed in this report will escalate and continue to have an impact on service delivery. Rapid response to these issues as they arise and evolve is more urgent now than ever. Decisions on health care services--the type, the amount, the provider, and the recipient--are increasingly being made by non-practitioners seeking cost savings in a system moving out of control. Speech-language pathologists and audiologists in hospital settings need timely information and support to deal with these critical areas and thereby ensure continued services to communicatively impaired persons well into the 21st century.
本报告中所涉及的关键问题将会升级，并继续对服务提供产生影响。随着这些问题的出现和演变，迅速做出回应如今比以往任何时候都更加紧迫。在一个失控的系统中寻求成本节约的非从业者，正越来越多地对医疗服务——类型、数量、提供者和接受者——做出决策。医院环境中的言语病理学家和听力学家需要及时的信息和支持，以应对这些关键领域，从而确保在21世纪为有沟通障碍的人持续提供服务。
