In addition to Mr. French, co-authors are E. Curtis Margo, MD, MPH, University of South Florida and pathology departments of ophthalmology, and Robert R. The authors received no financial support for research and study author.More recent studies cited in the article point to an increase in errors related to patient care the next 12 hours. The possibility of making mistakes on the part of those who reported working over 12 hours, which in turn was three times higher than that of nurses who reported working 8.5 hours in a row.
Patients seen in private schools paid for by Medicare were more than 550 % more likely to have routine cataract surgery than those who received care from the Department of Veterans Affairs, a strong indication that the frequency of cataract surgery can be sensitive to financial incentives to one or both of the medical facility and doctors who perform the procedure.
‘The results of our study raises important questions about the possible existence of a two-speed, federally funded health care system that can not be equivalent in terms of quality of care,’ said Dr. French, who is also a center of excellence in scientific research on the practical application on the basis of Richard A. Roudebush VA Medical Center.
The results of a great eight years of study are reported in the March 2010 issue of the Journal of Medical Quality.
The VA doctors and hospitals have different incentives to practice cataract surgery, as doctors and medical facilities outside the VA system.