{"id":9866,"date":"2021-04-20T14:43:55","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T14:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.essenburgh.com\/five-trends-in-healthcare-you-should-know-about\/"},"modified":"2021-07-12T20:22:20","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T18:22:20","slug":"five-trends-in-healthcare-you-should-know-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.essenburgh.com\/en\/five-trends-in-healthcare-you-should-know-about\/","title":{"rendered":"Five trends in healthcare you should know about"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h2><strong><span style=\"color: #e1b02a;\" data-contrast=\"auto\">Five trends in healthcare you should know about<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><b>In short, value-based healthcare means more health for less or the same amount of money. This is necessary to be able to take on future challenges. <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We are being confronted with a growing and changing demand for healthcare and an enormous rise in healthcare costs. This is because we are living longer and don't always live a healthier lifestyle. We are seeing an increase in diseases of affluence, such as obesity and diabetes. At the same time patients are playing a more active role in (co)deciding on their treatment and the desired results. Healthcare costs are also increasing due to innovations and new treatment options. <\/span> <\/b><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">One of the big challenges for the future of healthcare is to counteract the current fragmentation of healthcare. We need to learn to work together to overcome the barriers between healthcare organizations<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. This is easier said than done, which means there are not many successful <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">cooperations<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and it is tempting to give up and continue doing things the way we are used to doing them. Or to not even try to change anything.<\/span> <\/b><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><b>In this blog we will show you why this is not an option. We will explain this based on important trends within healthcare in the next few decades. After reading this blog, it will be clear that we do need to go down the road of value-based healthcare for a healthy, affordable and futureproof healthcare system.<\/b> <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontsize: 40; line-height: 1.2;\" data-fontsize=\"40\" data-lineheight=\"48px\"><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Demand for care risk alarm<\/span><\/strong><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f\u202f\u202f<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">There are a few alarming developments on the side of the demand for care. Those are continuing ageing of the population, increase in the number of chronic, multimorbid patients and increase of healthcare costs. <\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontsize: 28; line-height: 1.36;\" data-fontsize=\"28\" data-lineheight=\"38.08px\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">#1 <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ageing population<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f\u202f<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Everyone knows our population is ageing. But how serious is that, really? The number of elderly people is growing and will continue to grow in the decades to come. In 2000 there were 2.15 million people over 65, in 2030 there will be 4.25 <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">million<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> in<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> the Netherlands<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> (image 1)<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. There is an expected peak in 2041 with 4.6 million people <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">aged <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">over 65<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> years old<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. This increase has two important consequences. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">First<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, it will lead to an increase in the demand for care. Because even though standards of health are gradually improving as we age, in almost all cases we develop one or multiple chronic conditions as we get older. This is partly due to progressive medical technology, which means conditions that <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">we<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">re fatal now become chronic in character. Secondly, the ageing population leads to a shift in the ratio between working and non-working people. This leads to capacity problems in the labor market, especially within the healthcare sector. There won't be enough medical staff in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-ccp-props=\"\">Figure 1: Ageing <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 658px; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.hubspot.net\/hubfs\/3016791\/Essenburgh\/images\/Betere%20zorg\/Ageing%20in%20the%20Netherlands.png\" alt=\"Ageing in the Netherlands\" width=\"658\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontsize: 28; line-height: 1.36;\" data-fontsize=\"28\" data-lineheight=\"38.08px\">#2 Multimorbidity<\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In 2011 the results of research into the occurrence of multimorbidity in <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">GP practices in the Netherlands<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> were published (Van <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Oostrom<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> et al, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">NTvG<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, 2011). Almost 13% of the entire population and 37% of people over 55 had 2 or more chronic illnesses. 70% of patients of 55 years and older with 1 out of 10 selected disease<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> had at least one other condition as well (see image 2). This means multimorbidity occurred in over two thirds of elderly people with <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">common chronic <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">disease<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-ccp-props=\"\">Figure 2: Multimorbidity<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 705px; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.hubspot.net\/hubfs\/3016791\/Essenburgh\/images\/Betere%20zorg\/Multimorbidity%20is%20the%20new%20norm.png\" alt=\"Multimorbidity is the new norm\" width=\"705\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Due to the ageing population and many people's unhealthy lifestyles, a further increase of chronic conditions and multimorbidity is to be expected. Recent figures from the Netherlands National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) confirm this. In 2016, 8.8 million Dutch people had one or more chronical diseases, which is 52% of the population. Among people over 75, roughly 90% had one or more chronic conditions. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This is bound to make a considerable impact on the demand for more and more complex healthcare.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontsize: 28; line-height: 1.36;\" data-fontsize=\"28\" data-lineheight=\"38.08px\">#3 Cost of Healthcare<strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f\u202f<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Healthcare expenses have risen continuously since 1972, from 8% to 13% of the gross domestic product (GDP). Calculations by the RIVM have concluded that healthcare expenditure will continue to rise in the coming decades. This is due to the ageing population and the increase in healthcare consumption due to better and more expensive healthcare. In 2040, the healthcare expenditures in the Netherlands are expected to be between 6% and 18% higher than they are now. Healthcare costs are just over \u20ac5000 per person per year on average <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">now<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, but in 2040 that will have risen to \u20ac9600 (based on the current price level). This explosive growth is inevitable if <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">healthcare costs continue to rise at the current speed and no substantive measures are taken. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The rise in healthcare costs will have consequences for health insurance contributions and personal contributions. At present, healthcare costs are mostly organized and financed collectively. The average family spends 25% of their income on healthcare costs. By 2040, this will likely be between 30% and 45% of their income <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">(CPB Policy Brief, 2011). <\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontsize: 40; line-height: 1.2;\" data-fontsize=\"40\" data-lineheight=\"48px\"><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Healthcare supply risk alarm<\/span><\/strong><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The big risk alarm in relation to the healthcare supply is <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">wastage<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. There are different forms of wastage. In the US, they researched the degree of wastage, which leads to shocking insights. It turned out that 1\/3 of the healthcare costs per person was being unnecessarily wasted; almost $3000 per person per year<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">(Image <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">3)<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare & Sport (VWS) advised that the same be determined for the Netherlands <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">based on<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> the waste indicators of <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Schwarts<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> et al (2014). An article by Miller et al (Bloomberg, 2018) confirmed that this is necessary. They ranked countries with over 5 million inhabitants, an average life expectancy of over 70 and over $5000 in healthcare expenses per capita annually. Of the 56 countries, the Netherlands ranked 28<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><span data-fontsize=\"12\">th<\/span><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. There is <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">definitely some<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> prog<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">r<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ess to be made there. The problem is that <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">often<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">we don't have the necessary data to map the wastage in this country. We will go through the indicators as used by <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Schwarts<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> for the situation in the Netherlands. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Figure 3: Waste in healthcare<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 723px; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.hubspot.net\/hubfs\/3016791\/Essenburgh\/images\/Betere%20zorg\/Waste%20in%20healthcare.png\" alt=\"Waste in healthcare\" width=\"723\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontsize: 28; line-height: 1.36;\" data-fontsize=\"28\" data-lineheight=\"38.08px\">#1 Unnecessary care<\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The number of doctor's visits, by-pass surgeries<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and angioplasty treatments is high in the Netherlands compared to other countries. One could conclude that this is the result of unnecessary care. Double diagnoses, polypharmacy and other forms of unnecessary care are common in the Netherlands. One of the causes is faltering cooperation and communications. Instead of looking at what a patient needs in an integra<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ted manner<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, each healthcare provider does their own thing without aligning it with the treatment by others.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontsize: 28; line-height: 1.36;\" data-fontsize=\"28\" data-lineheight=\"38.08px\">#2 Unnecessary administrative costs<\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The administrative burden and the mistakes that are made in and because of this administration, lead to unnecessary costs. In the Netherlands, unnecessary administrative costs make up 4% of the total budget.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontsize: 28; line-height: 1.36;\" data-fontsize=\"28\" data-lineheight=\"38.08px\">#3 Inefficient healthcare provision<\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Everyone works on their own island and data and results are not shared. There is for example a lack of joint responsibility and joint data management. Healthcare is fragmented. This leads to poor coordination and inefficiency. <\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontsize: 28; line-height: 1.36;\" data-fontsize=\"28\" data-lineheight=\"38.08px\">#4 Price inflation<\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The autonomous price increases in the market also affect the healthcare sector. Everything is becoming more expensive. These increases in price do not automatically lead to better healthcare outcomes for the patient.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontsize: 28; line-height: 1.36;\" data-fontsize=\"28\" data-lineheight=\"38.08px\">#5 Fraud<\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This includes all kinds of declaration fraud. Wastage due to fraud in the healthcare sector is a growing issue in Europe and forms a serious threat for the healthcare system<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> (<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mikkers<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> et al, 2017).<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontsize: 28; line-height: 1.36;\" data-fontsize=\"28\" data-lineheight=\"38.08px\">#6 Failing prevention policy<\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Insufficient attention for preventative measures leads to unnecessary medical intervention. Simply put: it is better and cheaper to be safe than sorry. But in practice, the prevention policy is underdeveloped. This goes for the Netherlands as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontsize: 40; line-height: 1.2;\" data-fontsize=\"40\" data-lineheight=\"48px\"><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">En route to a new healthcare system<\/span><\/strong><strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f\u202f<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">No one can deny the worrying nature of the story above and that we cannot do nothing. We need a new healthcare system. In that regard, there are several developments going on. We can deduce five trends (see image 4) that can help us take on the increasing gap between the supply of and demand for healthcare. We will explain those below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-ccp-props=\"\">Figure 4: Trends in healthcare <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontsize: 32; line-height: 1.3;\" data-fontsize=\"32\" data-lineheight=\"41.6px\"><span data-ccp-props=\"\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 739px; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.hubspot.net\/hubfs\/3016791\/Essenburgh\/images\/Betere%20zorg\/Healthcare%20transitions.png\" alt=\"Healthcare transitions\" width=\"739\" \/> <\/span>#1 Decentralizations<\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a number of<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> years now, it's been a trend to limit the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">welfare state<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. The government's responsibilities are increasingly transferred to organizations and citizens. Instead of '<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">state will take care of you' there is an increasing tendency towards market <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">mechanisms<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">and regionalization. The idea is that this brings healthcare closer to the patient. You can see that for example <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> curative care or the role of the healthcare insurance <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">companies<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. The reasoning behind \u2013 whether that reasoning is correct is another matter \u2013 is that the government cannot take care of matters as efficiently as the market can. <\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontsize: 32; line-height: 1.3;\" data-fontsize=\"32\" data-lineheight=\"41.6px\">#2 Consumerism<strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f\u202f<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">There is a lot of growth in consumerism of healthcare, in other words in offering healthcare as a product or service<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> directly to people<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. An increasing number of people decides to have certain procedures performed in private clinics<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. The <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">patient as <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">consumer is gaining power. As a consumer, you choose your supplier <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">based on<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">best value (<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">quality<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> divided by price)<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, but in order to do that, it needs to be transparent. That is not always the case <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">within the healthcare sector<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontsize: 32; line-height: 1.3;\" data-fontsize=\"32\" data-lineheight=\"41.6px\">#3 Digitalization<\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">There is a lot to be gained when it comes to <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">digitalization<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, although there are lots of initiatives in this area. We can see an enormous growth in the number of <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">e-Health tools<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> that are meant to make healthcare more efficient and more accessible. A positive development, except for the fact that there aren't many whose added value can be verified. There are also lots of improvements to be made when it comes to the accessibility of data, like via the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Electronic Health Records (EHR)<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. This is essential to provide regionally aligned healthcare <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">services <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and to be prepared for the future trends in the healthcare demand. If you use digitalization the right way, there can be a fast return. That can be an important weapon to take on future issues. In addition, it can strengthen the position of the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">patient as a <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">consumer, which means quality, costs and performance become increasingly transparent.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontsize: 32; line-height: 1.3;\" data-fontsize=\"32\" data-lineheight=\"41.6px\">#4 From volume to value<strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f\u202f<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We can distinguish a clear trend from volume-based to value-based healthcare. The rise of value-based healthcare (VBHC) and Triple Aim are clear examples of this. In both models, the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">outcomes<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> of healthcare services<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> play a central role. They determine the value of the healthcare and form the starting point of the healthcare provision. Nonetheless, a set of basic criteria must be met to have them be effective. One of those conditions is a regional cooperation across the entire chain of prevention, healthcare and wellness. In addition, there needs to be a different basis for <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">financing<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> healthcare<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. Instead of budget financing, we need <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">value-based payment models<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. And here, a lack of transparency is a problem as well. To make value-based healthcare a success, the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">quality and cost <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">outcomes<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> of services<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> need to be more transparent.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontsize: 32; line-height: 1.3;\" data-fontsize=\"32\" data-lineheight=\"41.6px\">#5 Wellness and healthcare management<\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We can put '<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the new definition of health<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">' under the umbrella of this trend. In this concept, health is not seen as the presence or absence of disease, but as people's <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ability <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">to take on (changing) physical, emotional and social life challenge and to take matters into their own hands as much as possible. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Even though this concept is widely criticized, it is a big plus that the focus is on keeping people healthy<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. By investing in that, we can decrease the problems we are bound to encounter. Because \u2013 as we said earlier \u2013 better safe than sorry. Better for the people themselves, but also better for our wallets. General practitioners need to play a massive role in <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">this transition<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, but <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">people themselves <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">can<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> off course<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> contribute as well. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Do you want to know more about this and get started on it right away? 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