Document Type
News Article
Publication Date
1-26-2011
Journal
Time
Keywords
Emergent Care; Patient Needs
Abstract
The prospect of waiting for health care is not only distasteful to Americans, it's downright threatening: indeed, the specter of Canadian-style waiting lists for certain tests and procedures evoked enough American-style fear that it became a key Republican talking point to challenge the concept of government-subsidized health care.
Recommended Citation
Meisel, Zachary F. and Pines, Jesse M., "McDonald's Medicine: Are We Too Impatient to Wait for Care?" (2011). Health Policy and Management Informal Communications. Paper 5.
https://hsrc.himmelfarb.gwu.edu/sphhs_policy_informal/5
Open Access
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