Truth or Consequences

摘要: Several years ago, I served as a panelist at conference on health care ethics university-affiliated community hospital. The chief of orthopedic surgery asked my opinion proposal made to him by the hospital's executive officer (CEO). CEO explained that hospital was losing money hip-replacement surgery, because payment received from Medicare, which paid for nearly all hip replacements, less than cost. A major component cost price prosthesis. requested surgeons use much expensive prosthesis . . .