Which of the following contribute to the issues of the complexity to allocate health care availability and cost? (Select all that apply.)
a. Increased number of physicians
b. Expanded technologies
c. Retirement of the baby boomers
d. Limited access to insurance
e. Escalating health care costs
f. Increases in special health care needs
g. Decreased number of qualified health care personnel
h. Increase in the drug manufacturing industry
B, C, E, F, G
With escalating health care costs, expanded technologies, an aging population with its own special health care needs, and (in some instances) a scarcity of health care personnel, the question of how to allocate health care becomes even more complex.
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