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Interesting data, but good to note that cheap does not equate with better in the medical field typically.
Is there evidence of correlation?
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Is there evidence of correlation?
If you were a doctor, would you rather charge more, or less? What keeps you from charging the highest fees in the world? Your reputation. If you're not the best, you cannot charge the most. All of capitalism works this way.
What do the numbers and colors of the hospital symbols mean? They do not seem to be correlated with price of procedure.
A green marker means its the cheapest price within the map's boundaries. Red means its the most expensive.
Thanks, I will make that more clear
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If you were a doctor, would you rather charge more, or less? What keeps you from charging the highest fees in the world? Your reputation. If you're not the best, you cannot charge the most. All of capitalism works this way.
If you are only doctor performing that procedure in a city... Well you get the point.
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Is there evidence of correlation?
If you were a doctor, would you rather charge more, or less? What keeps you from charging the highest fees in the world? Your reputation. If you're not the best, you cannot charge the most. All of capitalism works this way.
Insurance companies consider doctors a commodity. They only place where capitalism really applies is when patients are paying cash.
Source: I'm an MD. My specialties are forensic and child psychiatry. Interestingly, despite severe shortage of child psychiatrists, it is not reimbursed as well as some specialties that have a glut of providers (like cardiology). Not complaining, it's well reimbursed enough for me, but just making another point that it's not really capitalism.
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If you are only doctor performing that procedure in a city... Well you get the point.
agreed. How many times have you actually shopped out a procedure by making 10 doctors appointments for checkups and quotes, typically, when they need to operate, you just go with what they say.