Re:Time to Get Serious about Tick-Borne Diseases
by lostlogin on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @02:21PM
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How do you apply that when so many conditions are managed, not cured?
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Re:Time to Get Serious about Tick-Borne Diseases
by dredmorbius on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @05:28PM
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Consider the proposal a starting point.
Managing conditions is clearly a useful outcome.
Avoiding conditions is even better.
Payment based on some quality outcome measure -- QALY, or quality-adjusted life-years is one such standard.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality-adjusted_life_year
The Chinese healthcare model -- you pay the doctor when you're well -- is an alternative approach. (The doctor is obliged to try to get you well again.)