The future of health care: Going to the dogs?

The future of health care: Going to the dogs?

Escalating healthcare expenditures, which already represent 16% of the United States’ gross domestic product (GDP), necessitate redesign of contemporary health care delivery modalities. One such model uses non-human employees (NHE) such as the Canis domesticus, which can potentially lower costs, pro...

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Main Authors: William D Freeman, Kenneth A. Vatz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:
Animal Rights
Epilepsy
canines
nosocomial infections
Healthcare Cost
C. difficile
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fneur.2015.00087/full
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Summary:Escalating healthcare expenditures, which already represent 16% of the United States’ gross domestic product (GDP), necessitate redesign of contemporary health care delivery modalities. One such model uses non-human employees (NHE) such as the Canis domesticus, which can potentially lower costs, provide sensitive detection of nosocomial pathogens, alert physicians and other caregivers to impending seizures, and provide comfort to patients. We propose consideration of canine NHE for appropriate clinical situations, but acknowledge the various limitations and caveats.
ISSN:1664-2295

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