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Healthcare resources are misallocated, prioritizing costly treatments for diseases like cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes over cost-effective health promotion. This approach neglects preventative strategies, leading to healthcare inequities.

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Area of Science:

Paleomedicine
Public Health
Health Economics

Background:

The Flexnerian model of medical education and practice remains dominant.
Knowledge of disease burden and determinants is extensive.
Current healthcare systems face challenges in effectively addressing major diseases.

Purpose of the Study:

To critically review deviations from the Flexnerian model.
To analyze resource allocation in healthcare.
To evaluate the effectiveness of health promotion versus treatment.

Main Methods:

Critical review of existing literature.
Analysis of paleomedicine perspectives.
Examination of healthcare resource allocation patterns.

Main Results:

Significant resources are allocated to treating ischemic cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Risk factors for these diseases are well-understood and modifiable through health promotion.
Health promotion is a more cost-effective strategy than biotechnology.

Conclusions:

Current healthcare practices deviate from optimal resource allocation.
There is an overemphasis on individual treatment over population-level health promotion.
This imbalance represents a significant healthcare injustice.