Re: Doula's

From: David Zimmerman (fastedy@aloha.net)
Tue Jul 23 04:47:58 1996


On 7/23/96, Linda Morrison-Boczar, M.D. wrote

>Private obstetrics is a "profit center". Private gynecologic surgery
>follows >the obstetrics and is, in most hospitals, the single most
>profitable area in >thehospital, with 38 cents of each dollar in profit.
>Cardiac surgery may
>generate more gross dollars but usually returns 5 cents of each dollar.
>Ophthalmology and orthopedics can lose money, depending on the controls on
>the prosthesis used.

These figures are excellent ammunition. What is their source?

Thanks.

Terri Rosenbaum, M.D Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii

"A true measure of one's character is the health of one's spouse."





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