title: A review of data on the health sector of the United States January 2002.
abstract: This report presents data on the state of U.S. health care at the end of 2001. It provides information on access to health care, inequalities in incomes and medical care, the increasing costs of health care and health insurance, and the role of corporate money in the provision of health care and the development, marketing, and patenting of pharmaceuticals. The author also looks at the state of health maintenance organizations, the results of some recent surveys on physicians' and public opinion on managed care, and news about the nursing professions. Also provided is an update on Congressional activity on health care legislation, the role of health care industry money in politics, and some developments in health care systems elsewhere in the world.
authors.affiliation: Physicians for a National Health Program, Chicago, IL 60602, USA. pnhp@aol.com
authors.forename: Ida
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hellander
mesh_terms: D003098:Collective Bargaining / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003625:Data Collection; D004345:Drug Industry / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D019981:Health Care Sector / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends*; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006269:Health Facilities, Proprietary / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D017057:Medically Uninsured / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D020398:Medicare Part C / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011057:Politics; D012956:Societies, Nursing; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States