No magic way to curb rising healthcare costs

Sep 28, 2023

There are no systems in which healthcare has been made "magically cheaper," as Salisbury rightly states.1 Demand for healthcare is increasing and costs are rising. This is an effect of ageing populations and of the apparently endless growth of preventive, diagnostic, and treatment possibilities. Further, in many high income countries including the UK the gain in healthy and disability free life expectancy …

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