socky: care is key

Tue, 4 Jul 2006 15:42:22 EST

"It's not just doing the transplant. It's doing everything else. It's the follow-up care. It's how to deal with immunosuppression. It's how to deal with [patients] when they get infected. There are so many reasons for why you need a vigorous team."

ignoblus: not so hard

Mon, 3 Jul 2006 07:44:58 EST

It isn't very hard to get a patient to live through the surgery. The real trick is how long they'll live after surgery (and with what kind of quality of life). Looking at the ratio of years lived past surgery to cost of surgery, very few transplants are wo

kcwookie: Patient Care is not the Issue!

Sun, 2 Jul 2006 21:56:13 EST

The issue is money. If the hospital looses transplant status, it's a major blow to the hospital and other services start to suffer.

Every hospital wants to be a major medical center and provide all the big ticket services. Peop

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socky: care is key

ignoblus: not so hard

kcwookie: Patient Care is not the Issue!