Doctors: Major responsibility for cost control not ours
October 24, 2013|Vascular Specialist
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Physicians have moved beyond denying that health care costs are a problem, he added. "Yet, they are not quite willing to accept physicians? primary responsibility and take action. The study findings suggest that physicians are ambivalent; they reject transformative solutions, such as eliminating fee-for-service or bundled payments, which address the seriousness of the cost problem.
"This study by Tilburt et al. indicates that the medical profession is not there yet ? that many physicians would prefer to sit on the sidelines while other actors in the health care system do the real work of reform.
This could marginalize and demote physicians, he concluded.
Dr. Emanuel had no conflicts.
