As examples, the full report shows "total hospital and physician costs for delivering a baby are $2,147 in Germany, $2,667 in Canada, and an average of $8,435 in the United States. The survey shows that the cost for a hospital stay is $1,679 in Spain, $7,707 in Canada, but these costs can range from an average of $14,427 to $45,902 in the United States. The survey also found that the cost of a widely prescribed drug like Nexium can range from $30 in the United Kingdom to $186, the average cost in the United States."
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Reinhardt reported this in, I think, 2003. Also, every large, rich nation provides universal access to healthcare by limiting access to specialists (as specialist fees decline, fewer specialists are willing to provide that service at lower prices).
If that is the path for America, how quickly do you see fees declining and is there any other mechanism than price that would decrease expensive and sometimes unnecessary procedures?
Thank you
Tim Richardson, PT
www.PhysicalTherapyDiagnosis.com
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