Day: February 15, 2013

Direct to consumer advertising (DTCA) for robotic CABC (r-CABG)

Kevin Outterson February 15, 2013

Robots in your chest, repairing your heart vessels.This study (Robert Poston is the corresponding author) finds that DTCA of r-CABG is effective in bringing patients

Cost-effectiveness is the beginning of the trail to wasteful overuse

Austin Frakt February 15, 2013

Matt Yglesias makes some good points. Of course the ability to cure the blind could also lead to “higher health care costs” (cue threatening music).

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Day: February 15, 2013

Direct to consumer advertising (DTCA) for robotic CABC (r-CABG)

Cost-effectiveness is the beginning of the trail to wasteful overuse

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