title: Unhealthy health care costs.
abstract: The private sector has implemented many cost containment measures in efforts to control rising health care costs. However, these measures have not controlled costs in the long run, and can be expected not to succeed as long as business cannot control factors within the health care system which affect costs. Controlling private sector health care costs requires constraints on cost shifting which necessitates a unified financing system with expenditure limits. A unified financing system will involve a partnership between the public and private sectors.
authors.affiliation: Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI 48121-1899.
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Shelton
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Janosi
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D017049:Employer Health Costs; D035082:Federal Government; D033161:Government Regulation; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000191:economics*; D006292:Health Priorities; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000592:standards; D007221:Industry / Q000191:economics*; D009310:National Health Insurance, United States; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms; D040841:Resource Allocation; D012926:Social Control, Formal; D014481:United States