09-25-2017, 05:54 AM
cheaper than having specialists based here
Conservatively estimate that the specialist sees 10 patients/day. How is it cheaper to fly 10 patients to Oahu than to fly the specialist to a neighbor island?
Yes, I get the part where a surgical procedure might require facilities which don't exist outside of Oahu. I want to believe there's an actual cost/benefit study involved.
I can hardly complain: my "cadillac" insurance is so generous that my "primary care" physician is actually a first-year resident, so the expensive premiums are helping to finish their education so they can move away. Perverse incentives, anyone?
Conservatively estimate that the specialist sees 10 patients/day. How is it cheaper to fly 10 patients to Oahu than to fly the specialist to a neighbor island?
Yes, I get the part where a surgical procedure might require facilities which don't exist outside of Oahu. I want to believe there's an actual cost/benefit study involved.
I can hardly complain: my "cadillac" insurance is so generous that my "primary care" physician is actually a first-year resident, so the expensive premiums are helping to finish their education so they can move away. Perverse incentives, anyone?