title: |
Healthcare and the Coming Informatics Revolution |
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publication: |
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part of series: |
Advances in Intelligent Systems Research | |
ISBN: |
978-90-78677-40-6 | |
ISSN: |
1951-6851 | |
DOI: |
doi:10.2991/icebi.2010.62 (how to use a DOI) | |
author(s): |
J. C. Westland |
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publication date: |
December 2010 |
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abstract: |
Healthcare is the largest industry in the world, and set to grow even larger as the world's
population ages. Presently, the US leads the world in medical technology; it also spends
twice as much per capita on healthcare as other developed nations, the result of
inefficiencies in the system and the increasing demands of risk management as medicine
grows technologically more complex. The total cost of the US system is $2 trillion
annually or around 16% of US GDP, and employs 14 million people, or about 10% of the
US labor force. |
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provided the original work is properly cited. |
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