The Fund supports networks of state health policy decision makers to help identify, inspire, and inform policy leaders.
The Milbank Memorial Fund supports two state leadership programs for legislative and executive branch state government officials committed to improving population health.
The Fund identifies and shares policy ideas and analysis to advance state health leadership, strong primary care, and sustainable health care costs.
Keep up with news and updates from the Milbank Memorial Fund. And read the latest blogs from our thought leaders, including Fund President Christopher F. Koller.
The Fund publishes The Milbank Quarterly, as well as reports, issues briefs, and case studies on topics important to health policy leaders.
The Milbank Memorial Fund is is a foundation that works to improve population health and health equity.
December 1977 (Volume 55)
Quarterly Article
Eugene M. Lewit
Mark V. Pauly
December 2024
Dec 19, 2024
Back to The Milbank Quarterly
The overall approach of SOSSUS to the study of surgical services, the interpretation of findings, and policy recommendations are rightly called into question. But singular concern with the consequences of monopolistic control by the profession is no substitute for analysis of the dynamics among demand, production, and supply of surgery. Any delivery system- and many models are feasible -involving consumers, providers, and payers is a market in which multidimensional behavior must be anticipated.
Author(s): ; Eugene M. Lewit; Mark V. Pauly
Download the article
Read on JSTOR
Volume 55, Issue 4 (pages 465–484) Published in 1977
