Physicians' role in controlling health costs: do no financial harm

There are a lot of people and companies out there who are making, or seeking to make, a profit on delivering health care. I have written abo...

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Status Syndrome: an important determinant of health

This is a guest post by Linda French, MD, who is Chair of the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Toledo School of Medicine. ...

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Insufficient outrage: is health care about helping people or enriching providers?

The NY Times has been running a series of articles on the cost of health care, which presumably have engendered anger and frustration in man...

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Why poor people choose ERs: we need a system designed to meet everyone’s needs

“ Understanding Why Patients Of Low Socioeconomic Status Prefer Hospitals Over Ambulatory Care” [1] , by Shreya Kangovi and her colleagues i...

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