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mcsluggo · 09-24-2009, 10:34 AM

interesting article on malpractice, and the effect on medical costs

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/23/bu...nhardt.html?em

I personally still find the direct costs figures to be startlingly low... which is not to deny that there is still a drag on the system from this, but the drag is more ethereal than I had realized, and this leads to different possible solutions, I would assume--- I have to assume it is extremely hard to directly measure and quantify "defensive medicine", particularly to disentangle if from <<<whatever the term is for unnecessary tests that are not defensive... but are padding reimbursable costs>>> in this case, the goal would be to reduce costs overall, and not worry too hard about which of the two camps it falls under... death panels, anyone?

09-24-2009, 10:34 AM	#154
mcsluggo Golden Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: McLean, VA Posts: 1,970	interesting article on malpractice, and the effect on medical costs http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/23/bu...nhardt.html?em I personally still find the direct costs figures to be startlingly low... which is not to deny that there is still a drag on the system from this, but the drag is more ethereal than I had realized, and this leads to different possible solutions, I would assume--- I have to assume it is extremely hard to directly measure and quantify "defensive medicine", particularly to disentangle if from <<<whatever the term is for unnecessary tests that are not defensive... but are padding reimbursable costs>>> in this case, the goal would be to reduce costs overall, and not worry too hard about which of the two camps it falls under... death panels, anyone?