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March 1978 (Volume 56)
Quarterly Article
Herbert E. Klarman
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The new Health Planning Act may have prescribed collection of too much data, too soon. There is no refuge in numbers from the social, professional, and political complexities of planning. A mechanistic criterion of “need” breaks down on close examination-we will have to recognize the effect of “availability.” There is little or no experience in carrying out policies of selective contraction; modesty in claims and moderation in pursuit of goals are called for.
Author(s): Herbert E. Klarman
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Volume 56, Issue 1 (pages 78–112) Published in 1978
