title: The Oregon plan: increasing access to health care.
abstract: In 1989, a coalition of Oregon legislators, policymakers, and health care professionals created a new plan that attempts to ensure equitable and universal access to health care by prioritizing types of care. Critics call it unrealistic and a dangerous rationing scheme. Proponents argue it is better than the current system that denies thousands of citizens access to basic care.
authors.affiliation: Oregon Health Sciences University School of Nursing, Portland.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Capuzzi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Garland
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D007348:Insurance, Health; D009729:Nursing; D009922:Oregon; D013221:State Health Plans / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States