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Sounds like the solution is to have a very effective, very expensive antibiotic.
by candiodari 9y ago
Sounds like the solution is to have a very effective, very expensive antibiotic.
- xherberta 9y agoI don't know. With the third-party payer system, cost is hardly a factor in medical decisions.
- epmaybe 9y agoIs it not? I was under the impression that as providers we should provide affordable care as well. For example, theres no reason to throw every test at a patient that has clear signs of a certain bacterial infection. Maybe cost is less of a factor in life threatening situations.
- danieltillett 9y agoThat would work if you could prevent companies in China and India just making it and selling it. The problem right now is this is what happens to each new "last line of defence" antibiotic - by the time it gets used in the west it has been in high use in other countries and resistance is wide spread.