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September 1985 (Volume 63)
Quarterly Article
Barbara Starfield
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The impact upon health of changes in public policy regarding health services has not been systematically assessed. The long-term, and largely irreversible, effects of reduced support for health services to children present special challenges to collaborative research between clinical and public health approaches. Preliminary evidence from such a collaborative study of a variety of illnesses and interventions is persuasive of real benefit from prompt access to medical care.
Author(s): Barbara Starfield
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Volume 63, Issue 3 (pages 523–546) Published in 1985
