title: Health care reform: federal and state initiatives.
abstract: Health care reform initiatives, addressing the three fundamental objectives of access, quality, and cost control, will serve to reorient health care from a facility-based to a coverage-based orientation. New Jersey physicians need to think about the changes in health care policy.
authors.affiliation: DOH, Trenton, NJ 08625-0360.
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Dickson
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Davis
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D009515:New Jersey; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D013221:State Health Plans / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States