Suzanne Wait, PhD, is Director of SHW Health Ltd, a UK-based consultancy focused on health policy and health outcomes. She is also Advisor to the International Longevity Centre-UK (ILC-UK). She co-authored the report, The State of Aging and Health in …
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They’ve been called “the most popular yet least understood shorthand of 2011.” But Accountable Care Organizations, or ACOs, are coming to a city near you. At least we think so. A little background: The concept of the ACO grew out …
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A severe physician shortage is projected for at least the next 15 years. This was predicted even before healthcare reform added millions of insured people to the equation. The reasons include, but are not limited to, an increase in the …
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Over 5 million people in the U.S. currently suffer from Alzheimer’s disease, and the number affected skyrockets when the huge burden of this progressively debilitating disease on their families is taken into account. Although Alzheimer’s disease was first named 100 …
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