THE HIGH COST OF GETTING SICK

• FUTURE PROSPECTS FOR U.S. MEDICAL CARE

  • Increase in number of medical schools (126 in 1991) and foreign/overseas trained doctors likely to ease shortage of doctors
  • Increase in alternative health-care providers (e.g. nurse practitioners, midwives, paramedics etc.)
  • Increase in alternative medicine (e.g. acupuncture, homeopathy, naturopathy)

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