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I work in a private practice firm that’s been bought by private equity. There is truth to everyone’s comments here on both sides to some extent. Young child -
by throwaway4220 3y ago
I work in a private practice firm that’s been bought by private equity. There is truth to everyone’s comments here on both sides to some extent.
Young child - I have trained in mostly adults with some pediatric experience. Can I do a simple procedure on a teen? Probably. If something goes wrong I’m afraid I’ll be punished for not referring them to a pediatric center that specializes in these things. Of course if I’m at my main hospital where they do these often, I feel more comfortable doing pediatric procedures to an extent.
Mental health not really in scope of radiology
Obese back pain - I do a lot of procedures for these and certainly there are some surgeons that will operate on anything but I’d say 80-90% of spine surgeons will refer out to rule out every last cause before operating.
We are kind of incentivized to do procedures right now in American healthcare but I will say all my partners are cautious about just doing stuff.