Britain Looks to U.S. On Care, Expert Says Health System Aims to Focus On Patients

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Getting a centrally controlled, government-run health care system to be more "patient-led" and consumer friendly is not an easy task, and England might look to the United States for clues, an expert on English health care told an Augusta State University audience Tuesday.

The rise of a "consumer" movement among British patients has not been without its problems, said Michael Bury, professor emeritus of sociology at the University of London. For instance, a few months ago the New England Journal of Medicine ran a study that showed the drug Herceptin was effective in earlier breast cancers (the drug is approved for late-stage disease) in some patients, Mr. Bury said.

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Britain Looks to U.S. On Care, Expert Says Health System Aims to Focus On Patients

"There was a huge campaign developed by patients in the Midlands in England to demand Herceptin,...

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