The Healthcare dilemma
On 7 November 2005, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) published a report (HealthCast 2020: creating a sustainable future ) based on interviews with 700 health and business leaders in 27 countries about their health systems.
The report says that
- In every country, in every interview, everyone is afraid that their current health system is not built to last and is in danger of collapsing if change does not occur.
- While no one country has all the answers, most have pieces that ARE working. Each country must pull the best pieces together in a way that works for them.
- There is a convergence of healthcare solutions in the global healthcare market. We need to apply global solutions to local healthcare problems.
- Consumers will be play a much larger role in healthcare, and this one powerful force will change the way healthcare is delivered, managed and received
The report identifies transferable lessons within seven key features that will create systems that are built to last.
The Executive Summary can be viewed on the PWC website
