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FIGURE 4—— Overview of the health care microworld.
Source. Adapted from Hirsch and Immediato.61
Note. Episodes of illness in the bottom half of the diagram determine demand for care in the top half of the diagram. Rectangles in the bottom half represent stocks of ill patients. Rectangles in the top half represent stocks of provider capacity and workload. Arrows represent causal influences.