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Making surgery fit patient needs not surgeon preference
Health care experts urge patients to question elective surgeries and seek alternatives. A Dartmouth study shows wide variation in rates, sometimes driven by doctors’ specialization or hospital incentives, not patient necessity. clinicians advise second opinions and risk calculators before proceeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dartmouth Institute For Health Policy & Clinical Practice
Medicare
Casper
Wyo
Honolulu
Rosemary Gibson
Jama Internal Medicine
David Meyers
Center For Primary Care, Prevention and
Agency For Healthcare Research and Quality
Joshua Jacobs
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago
Jacobs
American College of Surgeons
Clifford Ko
Frederick Greene
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Greene
Meyers
Gibson
Johns Hopkins University