Problem
Commercialization of medical practice
Other Names:
Self-serving investment practices of doctorsPrivatization of medical services
Nature:
In the last decade, doctors have formed thousands of partnerships and joint ventures to which they refer patients for X-rays, laboratory services, outpatient surgery and medical equipment. These encourage the overuse of expensive medical services and procedures.
Incidence:
In the USA, no more than 40% of a business may be owned by doctors or hospitals in a position to refer patients to the enterprise, and no more than 40% of the revenue may come from referrals by such investors.
Broader Problems:
Commercial exploitation of health Related Problems:
Commercialization of universitiesGhostwriting scientific papers Aggravates:
Unnecessary health system referralsLack of diversity in medical scienceDubious superiority of expensive drugsDecline in government health expenditureExcessive use of resources on expensive medical techniques Strategies:
Providing health services Subject(s):
Commerce → Commerce Commerce → Investment
Commerce → Property
Health Care → Physicians
Individuation → Individuation
Medicine → Medicine
Social Activity → Services
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
E: Emanations of other problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST