title: Infinite needs: finite resources. The 1986 Harvey Cushing oration.
abstract: In this 199th year of constitutional government in the United States a careful evaluation of all our basic institutions is required if this country is to remain a great nation. The delivery of health care, a basic institution, must be included in the determination of how finite resources can be most effectively and efficiently used for what appears to be almost infinite needs.
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D005102:Health Expenditures; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States