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Let's compare costs (in billions): (1970) Cost of proffesional services: $19.8 Prescription drugs: $5.5 (2013) Cost of proffesional services: $777.9 Prescript
by mrleinad 10y ago
Let's compare costs (in billions):
(1970)
Cost of proffesional services: $19.8
Prescription drugs: $5.5
(2013)
Cost of proffesional services: $777.9
Prescription drugs: $271.1
% change:
Cost of proffesional services: 3928%
Prescription drugs: 4929%
The drugs increased in cost a lot more than proffesional services.
[1] https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus14.pdf#103 https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus14.pdf#103
- rayiner 10y agoBad comparison. The results doctors by themselves can achieve hasn't changed all that much since 1970. What drugs can do has changed completely.
- areyousure 10y agoWhat do you mean by "results doctors by themselves can achieve"? Do you just mean to exclude drugs? Or are you somehow also excluding IVF, MRIs, CTs, LASIK, stents, DNA sequencing, laparoscopic surgery, newborn screening, liposuction, and transplants?
- mrleinad 10y agoThat's right. New procedures are part of what professionals do, and knowing which one to apply each time is their trade. You can't buy that in a bottle.