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Edgar J. Poth Memorial Lecture: lessons learned inside the beltway: one surgeon's encounters with health care policy. 2009

Karen R Borman

University of Central Florida College of Medicine, PO Box 160116, Orlando, FL 32816-0116, USA. kborman@mail.ucf.edu

Our health care system continues to undergo transformation in a context of extreme financial pressures. New models of care delivery and financing challenge us to rethink our practices as individual surgeons and as system participants. Understanding the fiscal realities of health care and how we are perceived by health care policy makers can help us to be meaningful participants in channeling reform to create better delivery systems for our patients. This article presents some background information about health care in America with a focus on government programs, and shares insights from my health care policy colleagues.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D006076	Government	The complex of political institutions, laws, and customs through which the function of governing is carried out in a specific political unit.	Governments
D006291	Health Policy	Decisions, usually developed by government policymakers, for determining present and future objectives pertaining to the health care system.	Health Care Policies,Health Policies,Healthcare Policy,National Health Policy,Care Policies, Health,Health Care Policy,Health Policy, National,Healthcare Policies,National Health Policies,Policies, Health,Policies, Health Care,Policies, Healthcare,Policy, Health,Policy, Health Care,Policy, Healthcare
D013502	General Surgery	A specialty in which manual or operative procedures are used in the treatment of disease, injuries, or deformities.	Surgery,Surgery, General
D014481	United States	A country in NORTH AMERICA between CANADA and MEXICO.