Posted on 03/31/2010 6:52:54 AM PDT by Big Bureaucracy
The Wennberg/Fisher research shows that people with the same illness will get different care in different parts of the country and the amount of care they get is always in correlation with the capacity available. The more beds available in intensive care the better is your chance to die in ICU despite your own wishes. The more physicians and specialists available the more visits and procedures the patients will get whether they need it or not.
The researchers also found that patients are happier with the care in regions of the country where the capacities of the providers are less.
Wennberg/Fisher also prove that hospitals that are top-rated in providing quality care vary dramatically in the volume of care they give to the patients suffering from the same illness. Yet – they all are perceived as top-quality hospitals despite the fact that they have unique patterns of care. In the views of the researchers this proves that the medical care in America is unscientific...
Here comes the term “evidence based health care”. That means care that is based on scientific standards... There is no standard how much care is enough care and how much care is too much care.
But have no fear ObamaCare is here.
The first step in cutting Medicare costs is research how to measure the quality of care. Billions of dollars are allocated for this gigantic project. The research will be done by contractors – independent experts. Here is why:
... If the Government HHS comes up with the number the public will say: death panels. So to set a national standard about what percentage of the American people want to die at home – the government calls and pays independent expert and then proclaims the results as a scientific standard of the land.
(Excerpt) Read more at bigbureaucracy.com ...
No doctor in the world is prepared to say how much care is too much care - but Obama-Pelosi and friends are ready to take on this task and they are funded by billions of tax-payer dollars in ObamaCare
Very true, and chilling to contemplate. 1984 is finally standing on the doorstep of the Animal Farm. Welcome to our Brave New World./s
Outcomes analysis is not a science. Not even close. It’s the medical equivalent of climate modeling and should only be looked upon as an ‘area of research’.
Practice patterns vary because expertise varies. An expert is someone who can analyze all the pertinent patient data (exam, history, unique aspects of that particular patients presentation, lab data, imaging data, etc.) and formulate a plan that is likely to benefit that particular patient. Following algorithms does not make you an expert or a good physician. I would say that less than 50% of physicians fall into the category of ‘expert’. That percentage will fall precipitously as the government sticks its notoriously ignorant fingers into the medical education system.
I agree - unfortunately unless the funding for the research is stopped and the law repealed the Gov will establish “quality standards” - rationing of care.
I agree - global warming - gas chambers - there are plenty of “government science” examples that cost lives - ObamaCare “quality measure” for health care stands in this line.
Andy Stern.....
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