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Citation
(2011), "2030 – The Future of Medicine, Avoiding a Medical Meltdown", International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, Vol. 24 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijhcqa.2011.06224bae.002
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2011, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2030 – The Future of Medicine, Avoiding a Medical Meltdown
2030 – The Future of Medicine, Avoiding a Medical Meltdown
Article Type: Recent publications From: International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, Volume 24, Issue 2
Richard BarkerOUP2010ISBN 978-0-199600-66-3
Keywords: Future healthcare systems, Healthcare supply and demand, Long term healthcare planning
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.
Contents include:
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Introduction and summary.
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The supply of new medicine – unlimited?
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The demand for healthcare – insatiable?
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The meltdown – unavoidable?
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Taking responsibility – a 20 year healthcare agenda.
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Conclusion – the US, the UK and the middle way.