Expensive Medical Techniques

Medical training and expensive care.

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Rationing Expensive Lifesaving Medical Resources

Why is medical education so expensive?

Dear Editor: The world currently spends $100 billion annually on medical education [1]. This seems like a massive amount at a macroeconomic level. At a microeconomic level, medical school tuition fees in many countries are now as high as $14,000 per year. This will seem like a massive amount to an 18-year-old school leaver from an average financial background. Economic depressions make both fig...

The most expensive medical conditions in America.

This study uses a nationally representative survey to identify the most expensive conditions in the United States and to examine the association between spending and disability. The most expensive conditions at a population level were ischemic heart disease and motor vehicle accidents; at the per capita level they were respiratory malignancies. There was not a significant association between ra...

Why is Medical Care Expensive in the U

Kaz Miyagiwa and Paul H. Rubin Abstract: One impetus for reform of the health care system in the United States is that in the U.S. more is spent on medical care than in other countries, with no noticeable difference in results. It is commonly thought that this is a result of a defect in the organization of medicine in the U.S. which can be repaired by “reform.” However, medicine is a labor inte...