title: At the crossroad of higher education and health care.
abstract: Health care and higher education intersect in important fundamental ways. This essay focuses on the crossroad where the two entities meet, which may be envisioned as constituting two intersecting multilane highways complete with on ramps, off ramps, passing lanes, and breakdown lanes. Some lanes also may be characterized by the movement of vehicles that only can be sighted periodically. For example, federal budgets and decisions on appropriations usually are seen at specific intervals during the year.
authors.affiliation: Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions, Washington, DC 20015, USA. thomas@asahp.org
authors.forename: Thomas W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Elwood
mesh_terms: D000488:Allied Health Personnel / Q000193:education / Q000600:supply & distribution; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D018166:Health Care Reform; D006280:Health Workforce; D006801:Humans; D058991:Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; D011057:Politics; D014146:Training Support; D014481:United States