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The Doctor's Office of 2050

27 July 2012

There’s no doubt that the route by which we access healthcare will change. Current levels of healthcare expenditure are unsustainable; the US spends the equivalent of 19% of the country’s GDP on healthcare, and even the UK’s comparably modest 10% is a number payors strive to reduce. Yet we continue to live longer and, with that, suffer more chronic diseases that cost more to treat; stretching already strained healthcare infrastructures to breaking point. Neither government nor individuals have a choice, the way we provide and access healthcare must change.

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The Doctor’s Office of 2050, What Can Medtech Expect? - a blog by Dr. Gillian Davies, Senior Consultant at Sagentia published by MDT online.