HEALTH PLANNING IN THE UNITED STATES: SELECTED POLICY ISSUES -- Copyright -- Contents -- PREFACE -- CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION -- ACTIVITIES -- ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT -- CHAPTER II SELECTED ISSUES IN HEALTH PLANNING -- BACKGROUND -- Health Systems Agencies (HSAs) -- Planning in the HSA -- Appropriateness Review -- Proposed Use of Federal Funds -- Certificate of Need and 1122 Review--HSA -- The State Health Planning and Development Agency -- Statewide Health Coordinating Council -- Certificate of Need and 1122 Review--State Level -- Facilities Construction Assistance -- Area Health Services Development Fund -- Program Funding -- Summary of Overview of the Health Planning Law -- INTERNAL STRESSES IN THE PLANNING PROGRAM -- PURPOSE AND EXPECTATIONS -- Measures -- RESTATEMENT OF PURPOSES AND DISCUSSION -- Purpose I. -- Purpose II. -- Purpose III. -- CHAPTER III NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL ROLES AND RELATIONSHIPS -- Health Planning as American Federalism -- ISSUES RAISED IN TESTIMONY TO THE COMMITTEE -- Federal Management -- Issues Identified by a National Council Subcommittee -- Issues Raised by Recent Federal Policy Directions -- Issues of Certificate of Need Effectiveness -- SPECIFIC ISSUES ADDRESSED BY THE COMMITTEE -- Relationships with Federal Medical Care Systems -- Recommendations to Expand Coverage of the Planning Program -- Recommendations Concerning Agency Diversity -- Experimentation in Reimbursement and Capital Controls -- Recommendations for Stability and Funding -- Recommendations About Relationships Among Agencies -- CHAPTER IV CONSUMER PARTICIPATION -- HISTORY AND BACKGROUND -- Rationale for Consumer Participation -- Governing Body Selection -- The 1979 Amendments -- CURRENT ISSUES IN CONSUMER PARTICIPATION -- Ambiguity of the Consumer's Role -- Diversity of Opinion on Objectives.

Lack of Accountability and Appropriate Selection Processes -- Training Programs to Strengthen Consumers -- Sources of Tension and Costs of Consumer Participation -- FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- Consumer Participation -- CHAPTER V SUMMARY OF FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- SELECTED ISSUES IN HEALTH PLANNING -- NATIONAL, STATE AND LOCAL ROLES AND RELATIONSHIPS -- Relationships with Federal Medical Care Systems -- Recommendations to Expand Coverage of the Planning Program -- Recommendations Concerning Agency Diversity -- Experimentation in Reimbursement and Capital Controls -- Recommendations for Stability and Funding -- Recommendations About Relationships Among Agencies -- CONSUMER PARTICIPATION -- REFERENCES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- APPENDIX SPEAKERS AT PUBLIC HEARING HELD ON MARCH 27, 1980, AND AUTHORS OF WRITTEN STATEMENTS -- SPEAKERS -- WRITTEN STATEMENTS.