title: Consumer strategies in health care acquisition in the United Kingdom and the United States.
abstract: Conflicts in health care financing have emerged as controversial political issues in the United Kingdom and the United States. Given the health care structures and resource allocation patterns of each country, the study of resource acquisition is significant because of scarce resources, changes in health policy, and shifts in consumer demand.
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Wing
mesh_terms: D003256:Community Participation; D015276:Health Care Rationing; D006295:Health Resources / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011057:Politics; D006113:United Kingdom; D014481:United States