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More Evidence of Self-Rationing as Patients Morph into Healthcare Payors

Health Populi

Wolters Kluwer released a summary of a study this week, to be published in full in 2020, surveying 1,000 consumers (232 of whom had been a hospital inpatient in the past year) and 837 health care providers (a mix of physicians, nurses, and hospital administrators). BLS calculated that general price inflation rose 1.8%

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Consumers Want Help With Health: Can Healthcare Providers Supply That Demand?

Health Populi

These and other important health consumer insights are revealed in the firm’s latest report, Waiting for Consumers – The Oliver Wyman 2018 Consumer Survey of US Healthcare. Once a patient enters that healthcare new front door of, say a retail clinic, one-third of these people told Oliver Wyman that it was a better experience.