The Big Idea: How to Solve the Cost Crisis in Health Care
Harvard Business Review
U.S. health care costs currently exceed 17% of GDP and continue to rise. Other countries spend less of their GDP on health care but have the same increasing trend. Explanations are not hard to find.
Poor health puts a significant burden not only on the patient but also on the family and society at large. Diseases can deplete a patient of finances as well as impose stress on healthcare services and work productivity.