Health Care Trends: Health Care's Economic Woes Continue
Executive Summary
The effects of the current financial crisis are becoming more apparent in the health care arena, where payors, providers, suppliers and everyone else involved in the industry re-evaluate their respective strategies. Medical suppliers must rethink the way they get their products into the hands of physicians and clinicians. And hospitals, reeling from the increased cost of doing business, must find ways to address the challenges of uncompensated care, rising staff costs, and increased equipment expenses.