title: Access, quality, and cost control in emergency medicine: can we have all three? A resident's perspective on the future of emergency medicine.
abstract: The triad of access, quality, and cost provides a useful framework for the discussion of health care reform. A quote from a recent review of the Oregon Health Plan illustrates the conflict between these three factors very well. "The administrators of the plan are realistic people; they once placed a sign on the wall: 'Cost, access, quality--pick any two."
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Asplin+@pitt.edu
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Asplin
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D011787:Quality of Health Care