title: 1999 North American Spine Society Presidential Address. The millennium threshold: is it the economy, stupid?
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Mayer
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D003710:Demography; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D005544:Forecasting; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.) / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000639:trends; D009985:Orthopedics / Q000191:economics* / Q000193:education / Q000639:trends; D010819:Physician's Role; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States