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Monday, August 23, 2010
Cha-Ching - Financial incentives affect surgical decisions
This was on our hospital's intranet website today:
Financial incentives affect surgical decisions
Last Updated: 2010-08-18 14:41:10 -0400 (Reuters Health)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Your odds of going under the knife may depend on whether or not your orthopedic surgeon has a financial stake in your treatment center, suggests a new study. Patients receiving care for their wrist, rotator cuff or knee from a provider with ownership in the facility were up to twice as likely to have surgery compared to those treated by non-owners.
I'm certain you could do this kind of study for surgeries and interventions in other high-income fields, like cardiology, oncology, obstetrics (YOU KNEW THAT WAS COMING!), etc.
It's a shame, because while some paranoid people treat their doctors like car mechanics (i.e. maybe good but probably out to get your money), most people think doctors are above that sort of thing.
Financial incentives affect surgical decisions
Last Updated: 2010-08-18 14:41:10 -0400 (Reuters Health)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Your odds of going under the knife may depend on whether or not your orthopedic surgeon has a financial stake in your treatment center, suggests a new study. Patients receiving care for their wrist, rotator cuff or knee from a provider with ownership in the facility were up to twice as likely to have surgery compared to those treated by non-owners.
I'm certain you could do this kind of study for surgeries and interventions in other high-income fields, like cardiology, oncology, obstetrics (YOU KNEW THAT WAS COMING!), etc.
It's a shame, because while some paranoid people treat their doctors like car mechanics (i.e. maybe good but probably out to get your money), most people think doctors are above that sort of thing.
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