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Author Barker, Richard, Dr.

Title 2030, the future of medicine : avoiding a medical meltdown / Richard Barker
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (x, 118 pages) : illustrations
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 Over the next 10-20 years healthcare is headed for its own meltdown: an inability to fund the growth in demand and the appearance of costly new medical technology. This book offers a penetrating analysis of the underlying problems, and offers some simple, but far-reaching solutions to bring supply and demand back into balance
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Medical care -- Forecasting
Medical economics -- Forecasting
Forecasting.
Forecasting
Economics, Medical -- trends
Health Care Sector -- trends
Quality of Health Care -- trends
Delivery of Health Care -- trends
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference.
MEDICAL -- Alternative Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Atlases.
MEDICAL -- Essays.
MEDICAL -- Family & General Practice.
MEDICAL -- Holistic Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Osteopathy.
Forecasting
Medical care -- Forecasting
Medical economics -- Forecasting
SUBJECT United Kingdom
United States
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2011377307
ISBN 9780191635540
0191635545