InfoGraphics – Part 2
Courtesy Medical Billing and Coding
The United States has fallen behind other nations, failing to provide affordable health care to its citizens. Americans spend $477 billion a year MORE on health care than other advanced countries.
So why do we pay so much compared to other wealthy nations?
Part 2 of 2 in a Series
This Infographic is part two in a two part series which dissects the state of our health care system and presents some alarming numbers.
Assessment
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Part 1: https://medicalexecutivepost.com/2011/04/25/why-your-stitches-cost-1500/
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Not every hospital patient needs to get routine blood tests every day, but that’s common practice, leading to wasted money and time.
This new study finds that simply making physicians aware of the cost of regular blood tests cut the daily bill for the tests by as much as 27%.
http://archsurg.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/short/146/5/524
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