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- R Tunder.
- Health Care Management Institute (HCMI), EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht - EBS Business School, Hauptstraße 31, 65375 Oestrich-Winkel, Deutschland. ralph.tunder@ebs.edu
- Urologe A. 2011 Dec 1; 50 (12): 1543-9.
Abstract"Health is not everything, but without health, everything is nothing" (cited from Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher, 1788-1860). The relationship between medicine and economics could not have been put more precisely. On the one hand there is the need for a maximum of medical care and on the other hand the necessity to economize with scarce financial resources. The compatibility of these two aspects inevitably leads to strains. How to approach this challenge? From medicine to economics or from economics to medicine? The present article intends to raise awareness to regard the "economization of medicine" not just as a threat, but also as an opportunity. Needs for economic action are pointed out, and insights as well as future perspectives for the explanatory contribution for health economics are given.
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