Did anyone see the New York Times article Aug 8
titled Economic Scene: Free Lunch on
Health. Think Again. Below is a clip from the
article that was geared to reducing costs. The highlits are mine.
Pat Gima
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Dr. James is an executive at Intermountain
Healthcare, a network of hospitals in Utah and
Idaho that has saved money in recent years by
reducing hospital infections and drug errors.
Intermountain hospitals have also largely stopped
inducing child labor for the sake of doctors’ or
parents’ convenience. The hospital induces birth
only for medical reasons and the number of
babies that spend time in the neonatal intensive care unit has fallen.
It’s this last example that holds the real key to
cutting medical costs. I realize many people will
react to the notion that preventive care usually
costs money by saying, “So what? We should do it anyway.” And we should.
... Preventive care saves real money only when it
replaces existing care that is expensive and
doesn’t do much, if any, good. There are plenty
of examples of such care from induced labor to
many lumbar surgeries and cardiac stent procedures.
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