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Marcia A Pugh1, Vanessa Mills2
1Bryan W. Whitfield Memorial Hospital, Tombigbee Healthcare Authority, 105 Highway 80 East, Demopolis, AL 36732, USA.
Abstract:
Health care is continuously undergoing evolutionary changes. These changes have been very dramatic for the end users. Instead of simple physician office visits and lengthy hospital stays, we are now faced with short hospital stays, office visits to different specialty providers, and an array of choices around them. With the present highway of choices between illness and wellness, it is important for transitions between these two to be affordable, advantageous to patients, and uncomplicated. This article discusses the choices patients and health care providers must make as the number of care options increase along with the risks and benefits.
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