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> Like, if I want an EKG, why can't I just walk in to a place and get it done at a reasonable price? And without a doctor's approval? You're also paying for in
by quantumwoke 7y ago
> Like, if I want an EKG, why can't I just walk in to a place and get it done at a reasonable price? And without a doctor's approval?
You're also paying for interpretation of your EKG at the same time. There are plenty of places happy to sell you home BP/HR/EKG monitoring kits, but you have to remember that you are paying for a doctor's time and clinical expertise when getting them in a hospital. It's not like a single EKG will tell you all that much about your heart anyway.
- szanni 7y agoThis is precisely the reason: a doctor’s interpretation as well as the liability that comes with it. Good luck on reading an EKG graph yourself. It is apparently not even easy for a trained doctor to discern what exactly is going on. Source: I worked on a long term ECG holter monitor sold by GE.