The Physics of Health Care: Viewing the U.S. Health‐Care “System” from the Perspective of Quantum Mechanics

• Published in: World medical and health policy Vol. 11; no. 2; pp. 177 - 187
• Main Authors: Kislyakov, Amy, Mayes, Rick
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.06.2019
• Subjects: Health care expenditures; Health care policy; health policy; Health services; health systems analysis; Interdependence; Medicine; Organizational structure; Patients; Physics; Prices; United States > US

Leading explanations for high per capita and total health‐care spending in the United States tend to point to high health‐care prices as the primary culprit, which are a major contributor. Yet prices and spending do not exist in siloed vacuums. They are inherently part of, and deeply intertwined wit...