Managing international medical costs.
Many countries are experiencing medical cost increases exceeding those in the United States, both in real terms and as a percentage of GDP. Although in most foreign countries the majority of medical costs are directly borne by governmental programs, there is a growing trend to cost shift more of this responsibility onto the corporate sector, perhaps leading multinational corporations to consider devising international cost-containment strategies.
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