Here's my critique (with data!) of that hospital price study http://www.separatinghyperplanes.com/2014/08/the-most-important-sentence-in-that.html … cc. @aaronecarroll @sarahkliff
@hyperplanes @aaronecarroll Completely fair points! Still think charge data matters though, for uninsured who could be stuck with full price
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@sarahkliff@hyperplanes@aaronecarroll The uninsured usually pay something close to Medicare— http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/27/2/w116.full … -
@amitabhchandra2@sarahkliff@aaronecarroll I should note that a large share of the patients in my sample were on medicaid or CHIP -
@amitabhchandra2@sarahkliff@aaronecarroll also, this is a pediatric clinic. My data only includes kids with sickle cell.
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@sarahkliff@hyperplanes@aaronecarroll What is cost to patient of these negotiations? Squeaky wheel gets oiled is not equitable distribtn. -
@statesdj@sarahkliff@aaronecarroll Good question. I've not been able to get data, but all the docs I talk to are sure it's a lot. -
@hyperplanes@sarahkliff@aaronecarroll Time "You are caller num...", Stress "bankruptcy if not resolved", Poisoned phys/pt relationship,...
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@sarahkliff@hyperplanes And for people out of network. Further, a massive reduction off $10,000 is still a lot of money. -
@aaronecarroll@sarahkliff Major story not high charges, but that charges aren't real price. That this exists is indictment of HC industry. -
@Gleason4plus5@aaronecarroll@sarahkliff also, much unpaid or written off ends up reclassified charity care as comm. benefit justification
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@sarahkliff@hyperplanes@aaronecarroll CA law prohibits hospitals charging high fees to low income patients. http://m.content.healthaffairs.org/content/32/6/1101.abstract … - 1 more reply
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@sarahkliff@hyperplanes@aaronecarroll While we are on subject, useful data on cost var of delivering a baby http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3902513/ …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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