title: Health care access: implications for higher education.
abstract: The author discusses historical factors contributing to the health care crisis in America and reasons for the skyrocketing costs of health using an analogy of David versus Goliath. Even though Americans spend trillions on health care, the author states that America is ranked 37th in the world in terms of its health care delivery system. The author uses the methods used to manage the health care system in discussing how such a system could impact higher education and offers some solutions to same.
authors.affiliation: Family Nurse Practioner Program, Widener University School of Nursing, Chester, Pennsylvania 19013-5892, USA. smdrayton-brooks@widener.edu
authors.forename: Shirlee
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Drayton-Brooks
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D004493:Education; D006291:Health Policy; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health; D014481:United States