HEMOPHILIA CENTERS AND OTHER SPCIALIZED INSTITUTIONS: Comprehensive Care; How a Center is Initiated; Minimum Population Required; The Pennsylvania Program. THE COST OF CARE: Third Party Payers; The Rochester Approach; The Payment Problem and Its Effect on Hemophilia Treatment; The State Response to the Cost of Care; The Federal Response - Categorical Approach; The Federal Response - National Health Insurance. BLOOD SUPPLY SYSTEM: National Blood Policy and the ABC; Regional Blood Centers; Plasma and Plasma Products; RESEARCH; NATIONAL HEMOPHILIA FOUNDATION
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