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Government subsidizes hospitals who perpetuate personal bankruptcy
The United States government subsidies the corporate medical complex. Many hospitals and insurance companies are not for profit so they don’t pay taxes. Yet these same hospitals send bills to debt collectors. Medical debt is the leading cause of personal bankruptcy.
Excessive hospital administration expenses increase healthcare expenditures
Harvard Business Review article estimates 95% of the hires in healthcare from 1990-2021 are non doctors with 10 of 16 non doctors work solely in non clinical roles such as administrative, receptionist, or clerk roles. You may think then these workers improve healthcare productivity or quality. However, productivity and quality hasn’t significantly increased. (https://hbr.org/2013/09/the-downside-of-health-care-job-growth) So…
Doctors perform bias studies for profit
Doctors are known to perform studies for companies. When they publish these articles in journals, the doctors are required to disclose their financial payments known as financial conflict of interests. Unfortunately, journals do not check or enforce these disclosure. It’s based on a good faith system. Doctors also perform studies for their own companies. Lazarus…
FDA hid Stryker Atlas aneurysm stent poor efficacy in aneurysm occlusion
Aneurysm treatment may not result in complete aneurysm occlusion. Incomplete aneurysm occlusion increases the risk for aneurysm recurrence and rupture. Extent of aneurysm occlusion is rated as complete (1), partial (2), and incomplete (3). The rating of aneurysm occlusion is prone to bias. Physicians tend to rate their own aneurysm occlusion better than an independent…
Doctors performing bias studies for profits diminishes study credibility
Doctors are required to disclosed any conflicts including financial conflicts when publishing studies. But journals have varying criteria for disclosures and there is no enforcement for lack of disclosures. You can find articles published around the same time period, where the same doctors where have no disclosures while others have more extensive disclosures. Journal editorial…
Government subsidizes hospitals who perpetuate personal bankruptcy
The United States government subsidies the corporate medical complex. Many hospitals and insurance companies are not for profit so they don’t pay taxes. Yet these same hospitals send bills to debt collectors. Medical debt is the leading cause of personal bankruptcy.
Excessive hospital administration expenses increase healthcare expenditures
Harvard Business Review article estimates 95% of the hires in healthcare from 1990-2021 are non doctors with 10 of 16 non doctors work solely in non clinical roles such as administrative, receptionist, or clerk roles. You may think then these workers improve healthcare productivity or quality. However, productivity and quality hasn’t significantly increased. (https://hbr.org/2013/09/the-downside-of-health-care-job-growth) So…
Doctors perform bias studies for profit
Doctors are known to perform studies for companies. When they publish these articles in journals, the doctors are required to disclose their financial payments known as financial conflict of interests. Unfortunately, journals do not check or enforce these disclosure. It’s based on a good faith system. Doctors also perform studies for their own companies. Lazarus…
FDA hid Stryker Atlas aneurysm stent poor efficacy in aneurysm occlusion
Aneurysm treatment may not result in complete aneurysm occlusion. Incomplete aneurysm occlusion increases the risk for aneurysm recurrence and rupture. Extent of aneurysm occlusion is rated as complete (1), partial (2), and incomplete (3). The rating of aneurysm occlusion is prone to bias. Physicians tend to rate their own aneurysm occlusion better than an independent…
Doctors performing bias studies for profits diminishes study credibility
Doctors are required to disclosed any conflicts including financial conflicts when publishing studies. But journals have varying criteria for disclosures and there is no enforcement for lack of disclosures. You can find articles published around the same time period, where the same doctors where have no disclosures while others have more extensive disclosures. Journal editorial…
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