Medical Economics October 23, 2020
John Friedel

The healthcare landscape will look very different in this new world

It’s no secret that COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on the U.S. healthcare economy, which previously had been described as recession-proof. Many believe that because the demand for healthcare-related services continues to grow, the providers of those services will stay busy and thereby generate revenue in both good and bad economic times. Moreover, you would think that, as an illness, COVID-19 should have bolstered the world of medical economics. Who would have expected that a worldwide illness – a declared pandemic – would bring the medical world to its knees?

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