Effects of the National Health Service on Physician Utilization and Health in England and Wales

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ON July 5, 1948, the National Health Service was put into operation in England and Wales. This is a Government-sponsored, tax-supported plan to provide complete medical, dental and nursing care to all persons without direct charge.One of the reasons for the National Health Service (NHS) was the belief that people were not getting the kinds of medical and hospital care that they required, owing in part to the inability of certain segments of the population to pay for such care.1 In view of current interest in the United States in economic barriers to medical care, it seems instructive to . . .