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The Future of Medicines in Health Care: Scenario Report Commissioned by the Steering Committee on Future Health Scenarios
Steering Committee On Future Health Scenarios
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paperback. With an ageing population, increasing numbers of chronic sick, a range of treatment options and a developing European market, medication patterns are certain to change. How the future might look, in terms of quality, volume and cost of pharmacotherapy, is the subject of this report. Series: Future Health Scenarios. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; MBN; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 170 x 16. Weight in Grams: 445.
The future place of medicines in health care is both exciting and uncertain. With an aging population, an increasing number of chronic sick, a growing range of treatment options and a developing European market, the one certainty is that medication patterns will change radically over the next 15 years or so. How the future might look, in terms of quality, volume and cost of pharmacotherapy, is the subject of this report.
Four scenarios for the future are set out, all of which take account of already visible trends. Sobriety in ... Read more envisages rational and restrained consumption patterns. Risk of avoidance is dominated by fears of iatrogenic harm and hence minimal drug use. The central feature of Technology on demand, in contrast, is confidence in technological progress. Free market unfettered, finally, is marked by a Europe without frontiers and minimal state intervention.
The reader is encouraged to reflect without preconceptions on the future of medicines in health care. No ready-made answers are offered; rather, a wealth of information and analysis is provided which serves to underpin decision making and policy development, not just by central government but also by every institution concerned with the role of medicines in health care.
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The future place of medicines in health care is both exciting and uncertain. With an aging population, an increasing number of chronic sick, a growing range of treatment options and a developing European market, the one certainty is that medication patterns will change radically over the next 15 years or so. How the future might look, in terms of quality, volume and cost of pharmacotherapy, is the subject of this report.
Four scenarios for the future are set out, all of which take account of already visible trends. Sobriety in ... Read more envisages rational and restrained consumption patterns. Risk of avoidance is dominated by fears of iatrogenic harm and hence minimal drug use. The central feature of Technology on demand, in contrast, is confidence in technological progress. Free market unfettered, finally, is marked by a Europe without frontiers and minimal state intervention.
The reader is encouraged to reflect without preconceptions on the future of medicines in health care. No ready-made answers are offered; rather, a wealth of information and analysis is provided which serves to underpin decision making and policy development, not just by central government but also by every institution concerned with the role of medicines in health care.
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Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Springer United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
Series
Future Health Scenarios
Number of Pages
300
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792336242
SKU
V9780792336242
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99-15
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