The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-29

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 Basic Recommendation
 The five basic Recommendations of the committee are:
 "A full statement of the com mittce'sN recommendation Is at- facIied at the end of this state- 1nent).
 I. That medical care be fur nishcd largely by organized groups of physicians, dentists. nurses, .phafmacists, and other associat- ed personnel, centered around D hospital, and rendering home, of- flee, and hospital care.
 2. That all basic public health services be extended until they arc available to the entire popu- 1ation. according to It's needs.
 2. That the costs of medical cage be placed on n group pay
 nent basis through the use of in- Aurancc, taxation or both methods without preciuding the contlnua- ton of the individual fee basis for those who prefer 1t.
 |. That@a specific organization De formed fn every community or state for the "study, evaluation, and coordination of medical ser vice.
 5. That the professional educa- ton Of physicians, dentists. pharri- hcists, and nurses be reoricnted to accord more closely with present needs, and that educational fa- cilities be provided to train three new types of workers in the field of health; namely. nursing attend ants. nurse -midwives, and trained hospital and clinical adniinistra- tors.
 "Kcystonc" Development
 The development in each city of one or moro hospitals into q "Com- tnunity Medical Center" is called the "Leystone" Of the committces Recommendations. Thcse centers would provide complete medical acftdces in return for weekly or monthly fees, with, when neccs- safy. some supplementary support from tax funds. Professional pro- ccdures, according to tho report, world be under the control of the pIlysicians, dentsists and other pra stitioners. and financial respon. sibiiity would rest with u board representing the public.
 The personal relation between rnficnt and practitioner would be carefully maintained in such cen- tet4, the committee states. Such prxanization. 1t as5crts, would be fafrer to practitioners than the U eScnt system. because 1t would pro id, them with higher average incomes and would give the larG- ctt rewards to those with the 6 eutcGt experience and ability.
 Tho recommendation in general the committee stresses, provide for lth3 development of existing ma cAincry rather than inc construc7 tion of entirely new organizations
 Based on an exhaustive fivc-year study of all major aspects Of medi- < cmI yeryicc in the United States and q 9cnreful consideration of Eu- ropean experience with health in- HufaDce, the report provides for s the first time q scientific basis for communities throughout the coun- try to attck the perplcxing prob 1cfn of providing adequate medical care for all persons at costs within thair means. A document of 236 pages, 1t IS to be published this week by the University of Chicago 7 presB.
 COnfcrc:fcc Opens in New York
 The conference Ut which the re- DOft was released Uas held at the Nsw YorIs Academy of Medicine, 2 Mast 103d street, in an alf-day Aes- sion attended by leaders in AlIt fields of medicine and public health, by industrialists. represen- tatives of labor, heads of women's organizations. educators. ccono- anists and other representatives of the general public.
 On behalf of Governor I.oose- velr the address of welcome at the opening session was made by Ur Thomas parrnn. Jr. New York state commissioner of health.
 The high lights of the 2G fact finding studies Of the committee on the Costs of Medical Care were presented to the Conference during the morning session by members of the committee and the. reEcarch staff.
 The recommendation of the committee were presented at the opening of the afternoon session by Dr Ts. A. Wlnslow, chairman of the committee and professor of public health, Yale university. The minority viewpoints were presented by Dr Nathan E. Van Etten of New Yorllcity Among the speakers at ' the afternoon session who dis- cussed present and future sigplfi- canoe Of the committees findings md recommendations were Dr I.ewellys F. Barker of Baltimore. member of the committee. : who spoke from the physician'B point of view, and President Livingston Far rand of Cornell university, who spoke from the public health point of view.
 Other Speakers Tonight
 The speakers at the conclud- ing session of the conference to- night will be Dr Hay Lyman Will bur, chairman of the committee, and former president of the Ameri- can Medical association. who will speak on "The High Points in the Committees Recommepdations"; Dr John A. IfartweiI. professor of 2 surgery at Cornell university medi- cai college, and past president of the New York academy of medl- cine, who will discuss "The Now Outlook for Medicine; and PreBi- dent James R. Angel of Yale unl- yerSify whose subject will be "The S'ufiIfe and tho Peoples Health"
 Among other conference mem bers were: Dr II. H. Bishop. Jr, 2 Cleveland, ohio; pr Philip King Brown, chief physician, Southern Pacific railroad, San Francisco, california; Dr W. c. Rayison. dean aid, professor, Pcdiatrics. Duke university of medicine. Durham. N. C.; Paul Fcs1cr, past president ! of the American Hospital asgocia- tlon. Chicago. III; Paul U. Keiiogg,
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