Neurology and the new health care policies.

The Author discusses some aspects of the Health Care systems in developed countries, and analyzes the reasons for the failure of recent reform programs to provide good quality service at a reasonable price. While not condemning business-style management completely, the Author points out how, in the neurological field too, under the control of physicians, biomedical research and innovation with inter-departmental collaboration can be managed according to specific aims, so as to prevent much costly and wasteful diagnostic and therapeutic practice, thus improving service quality while reducing hospital running costs.