Re: CABG costs 80 percent higher in U.S. than CANADA

"zee" <outrider@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in part:

>"In-hospital costs of treatment were substantially higher in the United
>States than in Canada [an average cost of $20,673 vs. $10,373]," the
>authors report.

One big difference is that hospitals in the US include a whopping
overhead cost that is associated with treating patients who have
no insurance and are unable to pay. In Canada, that cost is borne
by the taxpayers.

There is also a strikingly higher cost in the US of providing
medical services due to the cost of malpractice insurance.
--
Jim Chinnis Warrenton, Virginia, USA
.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Pie in the Sky Alert
    ... including the Channel Tunnel Rail Link. ... In the case of the CTRL, of course, the cost in question being the one ... substantially higher than originally forecast. ...
    (uk.railway)
  • Re: Swedish government suspends DAB rollout
    ... the cost of an AM/FM wireless in the 1950's as a percentage of ... > take-home pay was substantially higher than a DAB radio today. ... wireless set" cost £25 ...
    (uk.tech.broadcast)
  • Re: {OT:} Put the patient first to end the healthcare malaise
    ... The problem is that lawsuits rasie the cost of malpractice insurance, ... The new MRI machine is expensive but it gives doctors needed information ...
    (alt.autos.toyota)
  • Re: {OT:} Put the patient first to end the healthcare malaise
    ... the cost of health care, ... without tort reform there can be no reduction in malpractice insurance ... The new MRI machine is expensive but it gives doctors needed information ...
    (alt.autos.toyota)
  • Re: overhead costs - opportunity costs
    ... as a cost per day for the duration of the project so that an optimisation ... Normally I would not recommend assigning a resource to a summary line, ... You will not be able to see the overhead cost separately, ...
    (microsoft.public.project)
Loading