Journal article
The Transactional Nature of Human Healthcare
International Archives of Translational Medicine, Vol.2(1)
2016
Abstract
The quality of healthcare, drug innovation, treatment decisions and even approval of drugs are all transaction dependent. Each decision after we seek medical attention is part of a predictable sequence, the totality of which describes the healthcare system. The interplay between the patient, clinician, pharmaceutical company, government or medical insurances paying bills, and, regulators controlling access to the healthcare market is therefore predictable and open to influence. Each of participants in healthcare differs in the way it attempts to maximize its own utility from healthcare: the only commonality is cost.
Details
- Title
- The Transactional Nature of Human Healthcare
- Authors
- Lloyd Reeve-Johnson (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
- Publication details
- International Archives of Translational Medicine, Vol.2(1); 6
- Publisher
- International Archives of Translational Medicine
- Date published
- 2016
- DOI
- 10.23937/2572-4142.1510003
- ISSN
- 2572-4142
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2016 Reeve-Johnson L. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited
- Organisation Unit
- Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450876902621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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