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The evolution of medical services for students at colleges and universities in the United States.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  7608412     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Factors contributing to the establishment of the earliest college health programs are reviewed. The author considers the evolution of these programs for two periods: the first 100 years (1860-1960) and the next 30 years (1960-1990). The changing emphases in college health programs during these two periods are seen as responses to contemporaneous events, including the development of vaccines and other advances in science and medicine, the emergence of intercollegiate athletics--first as a significant element in the college experience and subsequently as a major business--and the expansion of higher education in response to the arrival of the baby boomers in the mid-1960s. Contemporary healthcare reform is briefly reviewed, and the author concludes with an assessment of the probable impact of current healthcare reform proposals on the future of college health programs and on campus-controlled health centers.
Authors:
W A Christmas
Publication Detail:
Type:  Historical Article; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of American college health : J of ACH     Volume:  43     ISSN:  0744-8481     ISO Abbreviation:  J Am Coll Health     Publication Date:  1995 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1995-08-17     Completed Date:  1995-08-17     Revised Date:  2004-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8214119     Medline TA:  J Am Coll Health     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  241-6     Citation Subset:  IM; Q    
Affiliation:
Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
History, 18th Century
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
Humans
Student Health Services / economics,  history*,  trends
United States

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