Cost Of Health Care

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Health care monitoring through smart phones has been increasing rapidly in recent years, due to its ubiquity, accessible and easy to use. However, quality and affordability of the health care systems are major problems around the globe. A large number of people with low income facing issues with the high cost of healthcare system; Moreover, many individuals are not able to get the quality of health care they need. The cost of healthcare monitoring in the United States alone is 393.5 billion in the year of 2005. According to, total medical cost is 4 million each year for non-cardiac cases. With the help of a smartphone based healthcare monitoring system, we can reduce these costs.
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