1 In “Everything is Different” (1929) Frigyes Karinthy advances the idea that all living things and everything else in the world are six or fewer steps away from each other so that a chain of a “friend-of-a-friend” statements can be made to connect any two people in a maximum of six steps
2 World ageing population 1950-2050, pp.87. Available at: http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/pdf/ageing/WPA2015_Report.pdf
3 Number of persons aged 15 to 64 years divided by the number of persons aged 65 years and above
4 The Future of Health Care: deep data, smart sensors, virtual patients and the Internet-of-Humans, pp.2
5 Source: “The Future of Healthcare: Humans and Machines Partnering for Better Outcomes”, Fombu E. (2018)
6 https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2014/09/04/americans-visit-their-doctor-4-times-a-year-people-in-japan-visit-13-times-a-year-infographic/#367ddfa9e347
7 “Wearable Sensors in Healthcare and Sensor-Enhanced Health Information Systems: All Our Tomorrows?”, Marschollek, M. et al (2012), Healthcare Informatics Research
8 “New Method for Heart Studies”, Holter NJ (1961), Science; 134:1214-20
9 http://www.itfom.eu/
10 https://investor.fitbit.com
11 https://www.physio-pedia.com
12 “Wearable Sensors in Healthcare and Sensor-Enhanced Health Information Systems: All Our Tomorrows?”, Marschollek, M. et al (2012), Healthcare Informatics Research
13 “The Global Economic Burden of Non-Communicable Diseases”, Bloom et al (2011); World Economic Forum
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