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In most developed or developing countries, healthcare costs, although largely variable when reported per capita (Fig. 1) are increasing continuously. Technology is often considered as the main culprit of these spendings: it is well acknowledged that new therapies are more expensive, new diagnostic tests, new surgical implants or devices are often costly.
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BOST, PE. (2017). Rising Healthcare Spending: Is Technology the Solution?. In: Shorey, R., Ghosh, P. (eds) Healthcare Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3111-3_5
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