title: Family medicine in the USA - an Australian perspective.
abstract: For the most part, Australian general practitioners do not have a clear idea of how the health care system works and how family medicine is practised in the United States of America. We hear that despite the enormous and rising cost (currently $US2.5 trillion per year) many people in the USA still have poor access to health care.
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zwar
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D005194:Family Practice / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D008329:Managed Care Programs; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D014481:United States