One thing I don't see mentioned here is unnecessary surgeries being performed on elder patients. My wife was a home health OT for a small rural county. She was primarily doing post-op rehab at home. Recently, she noticed a lot of old patients on Medicare had shoulder replacement surgeries done on them, even though looking at their medical records it was clear it's either not necessary (won't improve their QOL) or simply shouldn't be done since it introduces other complications.
Every time she encountered a similar case, she noticed it all traced back to a single doctor in the area.
It was extremely sad to see old people end up in a much worse situation because of complications from their surgery, or pass away because they got sick in the hospital. All because some greedy doctor wanted to make more money.
These old people place a lot of trust on their doctor and simply do what they ask without a second opinion.
Every time she encountered a similar case, she noticed it all traced back to a single doctor in the area.
It was extremely sad to see old people end up in a much worse situation because of complications from their surgery, or pass away because they got sick in the hospital. All because some greedy doctor wanted to make more money.
These old people place a lot of trust on their doctor and simply do what they ask without a second opinion.