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by confuzzled dude Sun Oct 27, 2013 10:15 pm
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/spinal-fusions-serve-as-case-study-for-debate-over-when-certain-surgeries-are-necessary/2013/10/27/5f015efa-25ff-11e3-b3e9-d97fb087acd6_story.html
"By some measures, Federico C. Vinas was a star surgeon. He performed three or four surgeries on a typical weekday at the Daytona Beach, Fla., hospital that employed him, and a review showed him to be nearly five times as busy as other neurosurgeons. The hospital paid him hundreds of thousands in incentive pay. In all, he earned as much as $1.9 million a year."
"More than 465,000 spinal fusions were performed in the United States in 2011, according to government data, and some experts say that a portion of them — perhaps as many as half — were performed without good reason."
"The rate of spinal fusions in the United States is about 150 per 100,000 people, according to federal data. In Australia, it is about one-third of that; in Sweden, it is about 40 per 100,000; and in Britain it is lower still."
"The companies that sell the hardware — screws and braces — already a multibillion-dollar business in the United States, also benefited. Those companies often have a representative positioned in the operating room, where the equipment for one fusion can typically amount to a $7,000 sale, according to the Millennium Research Group. Vinas was friendly enough with his parts salesman — who, among other things, measured the length of the necessary screws — that he traveled in Thailand with him, according to a deposition."
"By some measures, Federico C. Vinas was a star surgeon. He performed three or four surgeries on a typical weekday at the Daytona Beach, Fla., hospital that employed him, and a review showed him to be nearly five times as busy as other neurosurgeons. The hospital paid him hundreds of thousands in incentive pay. In all, he earned as much as $1.9 million a year."
"More than 465,000 spinal fusions were performed in the United States in 2011, according to government data, and some experts say that a portion of them — perhaps as many as half — were performed without good reason."
"The rate of spinal fusions in the United States is about 150 per 100,000 people, according to federal data. In Australia, it is about one-third of that; in Sweden, it is about 40 per 100,000; and in Britain it is lower still."
"The companies that sell the hardware — screws and braces — already a multibillion-dollar business in the United States, also benefited. Those companies often have a representative positioned in the operating room, where the equipment for one fusion can typically amount to a $7,000 sale, according to the Millennium Research Group. Vinas was friendly enough with his parts salesman — who, among other things, measured the length of the necessary screws — that he traveled in Thailand with him, according to a deposition."
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Re: Our wonderful Health Care System
by Marathadi-Saamiyaar Sun Oct 27, 2013 10:35 pm
Not just the healthcare system. The US population and patients cannot withstand pain, suffering even in its mild form. They expect instant solution and comfort from anything - depression, head ache, back pain, COPD, smoking cessation. The companies, hospitals, and the providers are simply catering to that comfy patients.
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