Re:Health care is turning into a consumer product
by conductr on Monday January 10, 2022 @11:30AM
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> - Better end of life care. I think something around 40% of healthcare expenditure is on patients in the last 2 years of life. Patients and families would benefit from earlier access to hospice care and less aggressive therapies that only prolong suffering.
I feel like the choice has to be removed from families as our current system has proven that life will be extended regardless of quality simply due to the fact nobody wants to make a difficult choice. As the only quantitative item on the list and a very substantial one this should be ranked much higher in terms of priority (not sure if list was unordered or not).
I feel like the choice has to be removed from families as our current system has proven that life will be extended regardless of quality simply due to the fact nobody wants to make a difficult choice. As the only quantitative item on the list and a very substantial one this should be ranked much higher in terms of priority (not sure if list was unordered or not).