A MESSAGE ABOUT THE COMMISSION A brief history of the development of CCAHS introduces the Commission’s purpose to gather and distribute information about
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HOSPITAL BED REDUCTION: A CONSUMER PERSPECTIVE This publication attempted to touch on a very sensitive issue: the closing of hospitals where quality, quantity
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NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE III This issue concluded this segment of the CCAHS Health Perspectives series about how to construct a National Health Service.
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HOSPITAL SOCIAL WORK: CONSUMERS’ CRITIQUE This issue starts with the World Health Organization (WHO) definition of health and works its way through the
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HEALTH PLANNING: A CONSUMER VIEW CCAHS building on its strength undertook a topic that had major political, economic and quality components. Planning is
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UTILIZATION REVIEW: IMPORTANCE TO THE CONSUMER The CCAHS had already addressed hospital governance, costs and reimbursement rates by major private and public insurers.
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NATIONAL HEALTH CARE QUALITY CONTROL: THE ALTERNATIVES In 1979, Dr. Rosen, a professor at the Columbia University School of Public Health, made a
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AMBULATORY CARE PROGRAM A ROLE FOR THE CONSUMER On a few occasions the consumer movement was given legislative legitimacy. On those occasions the
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HOSPITAL INSPECTION ITS IMPORTANCE TO THE CONSUMER Using the example of special interest success in presenting a view that is not challenged, this
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PROFILE ON OPEN-HEART SURGICAL FACILITIES IN THE NEW YORK CITY AREA After the brief interlude into patients’ rights and representatives, CCHAS resumed its
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PROFILE OF PATIENTS RIGHTS AND HOSPITAL REPRESENTATIVES By the time the next issue was in preparation, CCAHS was being approached by special interest
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HOSPITAL REIMBURSEMENT RATES The national expenditure for all health services was $83 billion in 1973. In 2010, the national expenditure was over $1.3
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