http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/10/are-doctors-skipping-stress-test.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:04:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/10/are-doctors-skipping-stress-test.html#comment-87652 Dr. K Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:58:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/10/are-doctors-skipping-the-stress-test.html#comment-87652 As I wrote in my blog (www.takingcontrolofyourhealthcare.com) Americans are receiving unnecessary care to the tune of $500 to $700 billion a year! The reason behind this is providers are paid by the number of procedures they perform, not on providing good health. Most of medicine is based on hunches rather than scientific evidence. Angioplasty uses a stent to open clogged coronary arteries. It sounds like a rationale therapy. Yet out of the 2,000,000 such procedure performed annually only 800,000 are considered necessary. Having unnecessary procedures not only costs more money, but also increases risk of complications. As I wrote in my blog (www.takingcontrolofyourhealthcare.com) Americans are receiving unnecessary care to the tune of $500 to $700 billion a year! The reason behind this is providers are paid by the number of procedures they perform, not on providing good health. Most of medicine is based on hunches rather than scientific evidence. Angioplasty uses a stent to open clogged coronary arteries. It sounds like a rationale therapy. Yet out of the 2,000,000 such procedure performed annually only 800,000 are considered necessary. Having unnecessary procedures not only costs more money, but also increases risk of complications.

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