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Will we still recognize healthcare in 10 years from now as the disease care in today’s world? This question is currently puzzling a lot of people from all around the world. We still live in the mindset that healthcare will be the biggest burden on the shoulder of our economies. Debates are mainly about the ongoing increase of expenditure due to aging, the use of new expensive technologies, increase in medical knowledge (“we know more about less”), expensive medication, and shortage of clinicians. There are more aspects that can be added to the discussions, but this paper will focus on the above-mentioned five topics and unravel them in the light of how healthcare may look like in 5–10 years from now. And elaborate on the essential question of whether the current mindsets of health decision-makers are in sync with the exponential dynamics.
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Epping, P., Friebe, M. (2022). Healthcare the Melting Pot of Technology, Humanity, and Confusion. In: Friebe, M. (eds) Novel Innovation Design for the Future of Health. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08191-0_11
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