Everything moves
because of money
Overutilization is driven by many factors — “defensive” medicine by doctors trying to avoid lawsuits; patients’ demands; a pervading belief among doctors and patients that newer, more expensive technology is better. link
The most important factor, however, may be the perverse financial incentives of our current system.
Doctors are usually reimbursed for whatever they bill. As reimbursement rates have declined in recent years, most doctors have adapted by increasing the quantity of services
Overconsultation and overtesting have now become facts of the medical profession. The culture in practice is to grab patients and generate volume. “Medicine has become like everything else,” a doctor told me recently. “Everything moves because of money.”
Doctors are usually reimbursed for whatever they bill. As reimbursement rates have declined in recent years, most doctors have adapted by increasing the quantity of services
Overconsultation and overtesting have now become facts of the medical profession. The culture in practice is to grab patients and generate volume. “Medicine has become like everything else,” a doctor told me recently. “Everything moves because of money.”
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“Medicine has become like everything else,” a doctor told me recently. “Everything moves because of money.”
Aqui está uma verdade que dói. O acto médica é pela sua natureza um acto humanista e deveria estar, o mais possível, a salvo de interesses mercantis. Desgraçadamente, porém, o negócio em torno da medicina tem-se vindo a acentuar e a relação médico/doente substituída pela de médico/cliente. O juramento de Hipócrates tornou-se num ritual, a hipocrisia vem tomando conta da consciência de cada vez mais.
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