Is U.S. health care an appropriate system? A strategic perspective from systems science.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Systems science provides organizational principles supported by biologic findings that can be applied to any organization; any incongruence indicates an incomplete or an already failing system. U.S. health care is commonly referred to as a system that consumes an ever- increasing percentage of the gross domestic product and delivers seemingly diminishing value.

Objective

To perform a comparative study of U.S. health care with the principles of systems science and, if feasible, propose solutions.

Design

General systems theory provides the theoretical foundation for this observational research.

Main outcome measures

A degree of compliance of U.S. health care with systems principles and its space-time functional location within the dynamic systems model. R

SUBMITTER: Janecka IP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2629469 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature