Introduction To Health Care (mindtap Course List)
Introduction To Health Care (mindtap Course List)
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ISBN: 9780357123072
Author: Lee Haroun, Dakota Mitchell
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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The current economic status of the healthcare industry.

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The healthcare industry is one of the most rapidly growing sectors and consists of medical services, production of medical equipment, drug development, etc. Nowadays, the medical industry offers insurance for the better treatment of its patients. All those businesses associated with the treatment of patients fall under the category of the healthcare industry.

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The healthcare industry is expanding its branches in almost every corner of the world. But in the country United States, the healthcare industry is one of the wide-ranging service providers. It provides approximately 18 million jobs, and there will still be a need for healthcare professionals in the coming future.

The amount spent on the healthcare industry is rapidly increasing day by day. It can be estimated that it was $3.5 trillion in 2017 and $8.6 trillion in 2022. From this, it can be analyzed that the cost of the healthcare industry increases by 4−6% annually.

There is also an increase in employment-related to the healthcare industry from 2017 to 2022 by 20%.

Conclusion

Thus, it can be said that the economic status of the healthcare industry is much more developed and broad.

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