Ricketts Thomas C
Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA.
N C Med J. 2013 Jul-Aug;74(4):324-9.
Reforming health care in the United States often focuses on improving access to care by removing financial barriers and bringing practitioners closer to patients. This article reviews the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) that are intended to improve access and discusses how the ACA will change access to care for Americans.
美国医疗体系改革通常侧重于通过消除经济障碍以及让医疗从业者更贴近患者来改善医疗服务的可及性。本文回顾了2010年《患者保护与平价医疗法案》(ACA)中旨在改善医疗服务可及性的条款,并探讨了该法案将如何改变美国人获得医疗服务的情况。