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United States—Academic Medicine: Where Are We Going?

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Critical care providers in the United States are frustrated by their participation in the most costly medical delivery system in the world, nonetheless plagued by a dismal return on investment in terms of value. The current pace of increasing cost, without budgetary restraint and without adequate guarantee of quality, is a recipe for economic disaster. However, given proper direction and stewardship, the American medical system is capable of providing high value, cost effective healthcare.

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  1. Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Pitt County Memorial Hospital, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA

    Mark Mazer M.D.

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Mazer, M. (2013). United States—Academic Medicine: Where Are We Going?. In: Crippen, D. (eds) ICU Resource Allocation in the New Millennium. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3866-3_25

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