title: An American's perspective of Hungarian health care.
abstract: As U.S. health care affordability becomes a major issue, the author looks at the national health care system in Hungary. The statistics of Hungary's health care system are daunting: it is free, but not without cost to the patient. The system is being expanded and improved.
authors.affiliation: Utilization Management, Morristown Memorial Hospital, NJ 07960.
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Frommer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary; D008297:Male; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000191:economics; D010820:Physicians / Q000600:supply & distribution; D011203:Poverty; D011787:Quality of Health Care