(Gornick 2000) In England, the infant mortality rate in the lowest socioeconomic class is double that of the highest class. ... Fuchs (1998) notes that in any one year, 5% of the population accounts for more than 50% of all health expenditures. ... The increasing age of the population provides several challenges to the health care system. ... The notion that denial of care or benefits can be justified for the common good underlies much of the current utilitarian calculus of managed care, population-based medicine. ...

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