Description |
x, 118 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm |
Contents |
Machine generated contents note 1. The supply of new medicine -- unlimited? -- 2. Healthcare demand -- insatiable? -- 3. Medical meltdown -- unavoidable? -- 4. Taking responsibility -- a healthcare agenda for the next 20 years -- 5. Conclusion-the US, the UK, and the Middle Way |
Summary |
It is 2030. What are the new technologies that have advanced healthcare? What are the new or strengthened demands placed on the healthcare systems of the world? Is the future affordable, or do we see drastic rationing of care or the collapse of healthcare insurance? This book tackles these questions, and provides some answers. It does not shrink from the uncomfortable challenges that lie ahead, as demand surges and new technologies add to the strain. It lays out ten levers that stand a fighting chance of closing the healthcare equation, of balancing supply and demand. But these levers require radically new thinking on the part of politicians, health systems managers, professionals and patients alike. Thinking that needs to be urgently turned into action, whatever the barriers and vested interests. Of all subjects, healthcare is intensely personal, so the future is illustrated with the health histories of members of a fictional family, the Carters. They could live in the US or the UK - or any number of countries that all face the challenge of affordable healthcare over the next 20 years |
Analysis |
Forecasting |
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Great Britain |
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Health care |
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International comparisons |
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Medical equipment |
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Medical profession |
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Medical records |
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Overseas item |
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Planning processes |
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Statistics |
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United States |
Notes |
Includes index |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 111) and index |
Subject |
Medical care -- Forecasting.
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Medical economics -- Forecasting.
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Delivery of Health Care -- trends.
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Forecasting.
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Economics, Medical -- trends.
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Health Care Sector -- trends.
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Quality of Health Care -- trends.
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Delivery of Health Care -- trends.
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Economics, Medical -- trends.
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Forecasting.
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Health Care Sector -- trends.
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Quality of Health Care -- trends.
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SUBJECT |
United Kingdom. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006113 |
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United States. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 |
LC no. |
2011377307 |
ISBN |
019960066X (paperback: alk. paper) |
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9780199600663 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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