RT Book, Section
A1 Burns, Lawton Robert
SR Print(0)
ID 1180252914
T1 The Medical Profession
T2 The U.S. Healthcare Ecosystem: Payers, Providers, Producers
YR 2021
FD 2021
PB McGraw-Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781264264476
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1180252914
RD 2024/04/19
AB Earlier  chapters  depict  the  centrality  of  physicians  in  the  US  healthcare  ecosystem.  There  are  many  reasons  for  ascribing  them  this  central  role.  Put  simply,  physicians  control  85%  to  90%  of  all  personal  healthcare  spending,  either  directly  (through  their  professional  incomes)  or  indirectly  (through  their  orders  and  oversight  of  others).1  How  do  they  exercise  such  discretion?  Physicians  have  a  monopoly  or  virtual  monopoly  over  most  major  decisions  that  drive  healthcare  spending.  These  decisions  include: