The general population is becoming more interested in participating in their own health care decisions and therefore look at the possible choices there are, which include alternative treatments. The population is also looking for new ways to cope with the increasing stress in their lives from various stimuli. Also, as medicine develops and mainstream medical treatments are beginning to become ineffective, therefore frustrating the population with conventional medicine, individuals seek out other methods. ...

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We hear on the news how health care providers are incapable of providing medical care to an increasingly number of chronically ill and the aging population. ... There are simply not enough physicians to service the population's needs. ... Between 1960 and 1980, the enrollment at medical schools doubled. ... Others have suggested that the growth in the national income and population between 1980 and 2000 increased patients' demands for physicians services, while the increase of female physicians reduced the supply of physician services due to their reduced schedules. ...

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Additionally, as much as 90% of the French population is under supplementary health insurance to covered services the NHI does not cover. ... The French system is a mix of private and public care, in comparison to the US model of the conglomeration of Medicare/Medicaid that insure 15% of the population, employer sponsored insurance covering 62%, private non group covering 5%, and the uninsured making up the last 18% of the US population. ... The US spends more than double on health care than France. ...

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There are many challenges which NHS faces at the moment and some of them are the aging population, long queues in which patients have to wait for their turn, lifestyle factors, changes in expectations of the public, accident and emergency departments, rising costs and advances in medicine and technology. ... According to statistics, one in every four adults is obese and this figure is most likely to double in the next 40 years. ...

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(Gornick 2000) In England, the infant mortality rate in the lowest socioeconomic class is double that of the highest class. ... Fuchs (1998) notes that in any one year, 5% of the population accounts for more than 50% of all health expenditures. ... The increasing age of the population provides several challenges to the health care system. ... The notion that denial of care or benefits can be justified for the common good underlies much of the current utilitarian calculus of managed care, population-based medicine. ...

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