Sacrifice of population health for the medical industry: a priority distortion

Cornelia Junghans Mintongeneral academic doctorspecialist in public health1,
Martha Martinthe general doctorHonorary clinical research colleague1,
Laura Rodriguez-Benitothe general doctorSutton Place Clinical Lead in population health management and health inequalities2,
Matthew HarrisClinical reader in public healthconsultant in public health medicine1

¹Imperial College London, London, UK
²Sutton, UK

C. Sunday-Cinton {La} imperial.ac.uk

Martin and his colleagues have a useless dicotomy between access to medical assistance and the prevention of the disease.1 The reasons why there are not enough generalists who effectively recognize and treat the disease when they are presented, which includes the induced demand, the increased complexity, the underfunding, the fragmentation and the experience and the availability of the labor force.

Much of the request for unsatisfied medical assistance is determined by the welfare, public health and social care systems. Although …