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- Title
Should cost considerations be included in medical decisions? No.
- Authors
Du, Bin; Kahn, Jeremy; Kahn, Jeremy M
- Abstract
The authors reflects on whether cost considerations should be taken into account when making medical decisions. Also cited are a report by Hernu and colleagues published in "Intensive Care Medicine" on the costs of common intensive care unit (ICU) drugs and treatments, the small possible savings in cost considerations while the potential risks to both patient outcomes and patient-physician relationship are large, and how to save money in the intensive care unit (ICU).
- Subjects
MEDICAL decision making; PHYSICIAN-patient relations; INTENSIVE care units; MEDICAL care costs; CRITICAL care medicine
- Publication
Intensive Care Medicine, 2015, Vol 41, Issue 10, p1841
- ISSN
0342-4642
- Publication type
editorial
- DOI
10.1007/s00134-015-3954-3