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(Message started by: Katherinecm on Sep 8^th, 2006, 5:03am)

Title: Surgery research question
Post by Katherinecm on Sep 8^th, 2006, 5:03am

Can anyone tell me what "acceptable mortality rates" means when you read it in surgery case studies or articles about them? How do I find that out?

"acceptable mortality rate"??? WTF?????

Title: Re: Surgery research question
Post by paulc on Sep 8^th, 2006, 5:31am

"Acceptable mortality rate" is the amount of fatalities beyond which medical insurance companies will either cancel or raise a surgeon's malpractice insurance coverage rates (premiums) because they are having to pay out too much money on lawsuits for malpractice cases in which a patient died due to negligence, etc. Of course, the cost of the increase in insurance premiums that surgeons have to pay are pased on to future patients who need operations (very few doctors have their medical insurance cancelled). The American Medical Association and the Republican Party have been campaigning for years to limit the amount of money that juries can award for medical malpractice. In Europe we have a system by which the state picks up the cost of awards for malpractice and in those cases where a person is left handicapped due to malpractice, the cost of all future medical care, to include special equipment, aides, medications, etc. are provided to patients for free for life, along with a monetary award (and if the surgeon or doctor is found to be negligent, he/she can have their licences suspended or revoked forever). The patient is also provided a monthly income for life so that they and their families can pay their other bills and live comfortably. The American Medical Association and the Republicans consider this "evil socialism" which will one day, no doubt, result in the rebirth of Communism! :o

Title: Re: Surgery research question
Post by Katherinecm on Sep 8^th, 2006, 12:26pm

Thank you.