45 or Older? Why Concierge Medicine Just Makes Sense.
A new study released this month verifies what most doctors know by observation: Healthcare needs are not evenly distributed. To frame it another way, a percentage of the population disproportionately accounts for total healthcare cots. But a movement in health care called concierge medicine, which has grown organically over the last 5 years by 500% [...]
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Survey: Concierge Medicine Increasingly Popular Among Doctors
A substantial majority of physicians are ready now to sign onto a concierge medicine. A survey of 501 doctors, released Dec. 13, 2011 by the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions, found that 64% believe the concierge medicine practice, also called a retainer or personalized medicine practice, had the greatest chance of financial success in the [...]
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Preventive Care Could Save You From Diabetes
Research published in the January issue of Health Affairs showed that a community-based lifestyle intervention program could prevent nearly 885,000 cases of type 2 diabetes and save $5.7 billion over the next 25 years. “The rising burden of type 2 diabetes in the United States has made its prevention a priority for public health agencies, [...]
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