The Consumerism Conundrum in Healthcare

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Jared Dashevsky, MD
October 28, 2023 • Estimated Reading Time: 1 minute

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Healthcare is wonky: it doesn’t operate under free market conditions, making it difficult to have a patient-centric (what I’ll now call ‘consumer-centric’) approach.

In this article, I’ll highlight consumerism in healthcare, explain why consumerizing healthcare is challenging, and share my thoughts on whether healthcare should even be consumerized.

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