Pollock A M, Rice D P
Department of Public Health Sciences, St. George's Hospital Medical School, London, U.K.
Public Health Rep. 1997 Mar-Apr;112(2):108-13.
Surveys have provided magnificent information about the health of the American people, but they rarely contribute to our understanding of how medical services affect people's health. The authors explore the opportunity to harness the medical services system to provide information that clarifies the relationship between people's health and the services they receive. They also note the risk posed by managed care-that competition and cost-cutting may pit the health industry against access to and standardization of health services data--but see hope in recent legislation.
调查提供了有关美国民众健康状况的大量信息，但它们很少有助于我们理解医疗服务如何影响人们的健康。作者们探讨了利用医疗服务系统来提供信息的机会，这些信息能阐明人们的健康状况与他们所接受的服务之间的关系。他们还指出了管理式医疗带来的风险——竞争和成本削减可能使医疗行业与健康服务数据的获取和标准化产生冲突——但也从近期的立法中看到了希望。
