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An Odd Thing I learned at this M&S Conference
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Feb. 2nd, 2009 | 09:17 am
There are 32 million operations (surgery) per year in the U.S.
There are 70,000 surgeons in the U.S.
Hmmm, okay, I guess that is 50 surgeries a year per doctor. One a week. On second thought, my original reaction was right - that is freakishly intense.
(Edit...thanks Turnberry!)
I just checked my math: it comes out to 457 (approx 500) surgeries per year.
Gack!!
(end Edit)
We were told that malpractice insurance costs $160,000 per person per year.
Yikes!
(Note that if they have simulation training, they get a 10% discount. Of course, that is $16k, which is a huge discount...)
There are 70,000 surgeons in the U.S.
Hmmm, okay, I guess that is 50 surgeries a year per doctor. One a week. On second thought, my original reaction was right - that is freakishly intense.
(Edit...thanks Turnberry!)
I just checked my math: it comes out to 457 (approx 500) surgeries per year.
Gack!!
(end Edit)
We were told that malpractice insurance costs $160,000 per person per year.
Yikes!
(Note that if they have simulation training, they get a 10% discount. Of course, that is $16k, which is a huge discount...)
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date: Feb. 2nd, 2009 11:36 pm (UTC)
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Even Cardiothoracic and Neurosurgeons -- those whose operations last literally entire days -- operate at least two cases a week. Orthopedic surgeons do five or six. General surgeons might do five or six a day, as much as five days a week. An ENT might do five or six cases in a single morning.
Something's up with those numbers, but I'm not sure what...
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date: Feb. 2nd, 2009 11:52 pm (UTC)
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