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In most sectors of the economy, it is the seller who attempts to act a potential buyer with various inducements of price, qualit
In most sectors of the economy, it is the seller who attempts to act a potential buyer with various inducements of price, qualit
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2013-02-16
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In most sectors of the economy, it is the seller who attempts to act a potential buyer with various inducements of price, quality, and utility, arid it is the buyer who makes the decision. In the health care industry, however, the doctor-patient relationship is a mirror image of the ordinary relationship between producer and consumer. Once an individual has chosen to see a physician, the physician usually makes all significant purchasing decisions: whether the patient should return"next Wednesday", whether X-rays are needed, whether drugs should be prescribed, etc.
This is particularly significant in relation to hospital care. The physician must certify the need for hospitalization, determine what procedures will be performed, and announce when the patient may be discharged. The patient may be consulted about some of these decisions, but in the main it is the doctor’s judgments that are final. Little wonder then that in the eyes of the hospital it is the physician who is the real "consumer". As a consequence, the medical staff represents the"power center" in hospital policy and decision-making, not the administration.
Although usually, there are in this situation four identifiable participants—the physician, the hospital, the patient and the payer(generally an insurance carrier or government)—the physician makes the essential decision for all of them. The hospital becomes an extension of the physician; the payer generally meets most of the bona fide bills generated by the physician/hospital; and for the most part, the patient plays a passive role. In routine or minor illnesses, or just plain worries, the patient’s options are, of course, much greater with respect to use and price. But in illnesses that are of some significance, such choice tends to evaporate. And it is for these illnesses that the bulk of the health care dollar is spent. We estimate that about 75-80 percent of health care expenditures are determined by physicians, not patients. For this reason, economy measures directed at patients or the general public are relatively ineffective.
In this passage, the author’s primary purpose is to______.
选项
A、criticize doctor for exercising too much control over patient
B、analyze some important economic factors in health care
C、urge hospitals to reclaim their decision-making authority
D、inform potential patients of their health care rights
答案
B
解析
本题的四个选项中,只有B项为正确答案。这可从文中第一段的内容推知,即医疗保健行业中医患之间的关系与普通的生产者和消费者之间的关系正好相反。对于决定去看医生的某个人来说,所有重要的购买决定要由医生做出。
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