Comments on: The Truth About Healthcare: More is Not Always Better http://kmareka.com/2009/06/17/the-truth-about-healthcare-more-is-not-always-better/ Progressive Views from a Nurse and a Social Worker Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:59:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Medical Consumer « Kmareka.com http://kmareka.com/2009/06/17/the-truth-about-healthcare-more-is-not-always-better/#comment-7113 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:43:46 +0000 http://kmareka.com/?p=3885#comment-7113 [...] out-of-context concept is ‘more is better’. Kiersten wrote about a classic NYT article by Dr. Atul Gawande contrasting two Texas towns. They were much alike [...]

]]> By: Kiersten Marek http://kmareka.com/2009/06/17/the-truth-about-healthcare-more-is-not-always-better/#comment-5672 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:20:19 +0000 http://kmareka.com/?p=3885#comment-5672 Yes, I just finished reading and it is amazing to think of the implications. I can see why President Obama wants this discussed.

Also, as a practitioner (albeit an extremely low practitioner on the totem pole) I appreciate the need to stay patient-centered. I noticed that the article did not reference the cost of behavioral health (counseling) as being unusually high in McAllen. I would be interested to know the statistics nationally for medicare spending on behavioral health. Sounds like a good research project for a Kmareka blogger!

]]> By: ninjanurse http://kmareka.com/2009/06/17/the-truth-about-healthcare-more-is-not-always-better/#comment-5669 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:02:11 +0000 http://kmareka.com/?p=3885#comment-5669 Kiersten, great minds think alike. That article is excellent, it’s long but so interesting it’s not work to read it. Gawande has been quoted in many other editorials because he shows the stark difference between profit-driven medicine and patient-centered medicine.

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