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You are making a lot assumptions about what is / isn't considered elective based on your own personal priors/biases. Look at this list: https://www.hcup-us.ahr
by tqi 6y ago
You are making a lot assumptions about what is / isn't considered elective based on your own personal priors/biases. Look at this list:
https://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb186-Operating-Room-Procedures-United-States-2012.jsp https://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb186-Operat...
Knee replacements, hip replacements, even Coronary artery bypass graft can be considered "elective" if there is not an urgent need.
- ceejayoz 6y agoFocusing on hospital stays misses an enormous aspect of what hospitals do; routine visits, outpatient procedures, etc. There are plenty of reasons one might visit a hospital for something elective that doesn't show up as a "hospital stay" from that link. My kids get eye exams at the hospital. My son's allergist is there. These visits can wait, and they make up a lot of a hospital's business; the staff in those areas have little to do at the moment.