RT Book, Section A1 Burns, Lawton Robert SR Print(0) ID 1180252316 T1 A Guide Through the Wilderness T2 The U.S. Healthcare Ecosystem: Payers, Providers, Producers YR 2021 FD 2021 PB McGraw-Hill PP New York, NY SN 9781264264476 LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1180252316 RD 2024/04/20 AB As outlined in Chapter 1, the US healthcare system plays host to a dizzying array of occupations and organizations that have taken the stage over the past century. The result is an unplanned, chaotic hodgepodge of players, aptly portrayed in Figure 2-1. This same view has been voiced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which developed a slimmed-down version called “Health Run” that (like its title) is still confusing (Figure 2-2).