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Comparing Notes and Lessons

Robert T. J. Holl-Allen, MD, FRCS, FACS

Arch Surg. 1998;133:1124-1125.

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The systems of health care delivery in the United Kingdom and the United States were compared at the recent American College of Surgeons meeting in Chicago, Ill. The opening speaker, Anthony Giddings, MD, FRCS, introduced the session by outlining the development of the current National Health Service and provision of health care in the United Kingdom. Prior to its inception in 1948, there was marked inequality in the provision of health care to the wealthy and the poor. Wealth was held by a few and poverty was the lot of many. During both world wars, many of the conscripts to the armed forces were medically unfit because of poor social conditions, including medical care. The National Health Service was introduced in 1948 as a response to the social need; at the same time, it took over what were virtually bankrupt hospitals that were . . . [Full Text of this Article]

From the Department of Surgery, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital and the University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England.

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