title: Consumerism: the tables are turning.
abstract: The consumer movement as we have known it in the past may have a diminished function in the coming decade as business and industry and government exert increasing power as buyers of health services on behalf of the people.
mesh_terms: D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003256:Community Participation / Q000639:trends*; D006075:Governing Board; D006307:Health Systems Agencies; D006788:Hospitals, Voluntary; D014481:United States; D014490:United States Office of Economic Opportunity