Influencing Healthcare Demand

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Within the context of factors that affecting or influencing healthcare demand, I personally don’t believe that there is one clearly defined variable that can truly answer the question effectively. There are far too many variables that are both internal and external influences that are a part of the equation.
An interesting source of valuable information that brought to the forefront information associated with influencing healthcare demand was located within the World Health Organization website. The information provided not only highlights influences in a global or worldwide scale, but could also be associated with the issues within the United States.
Detriments of health:
• Social and economic environment – conditions that we as individuals

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