Overtreated offers a way to control costs and cover the uninsured, while simultaneously improving the quality of american medicine. February 19, 20 what health care costs really means. Brownlee and some others who discuss over testing, diagnosis, and. Overtreated is a marvelous new book by shannon brownlee. The other thing that i like to point out is that shannon brownlee is a senior fellow at the new america foundation and is best known for her recent book.
She is also cofounder of the right care alliance, a network of physicians. For this conclusion, as for others in the book, brownlee relies on data from the dartmouth atlas of health care, an annual compendium that tallies who gets what procedure for what ailment in each region of the country. It also fits into the strange category of book i would recommend even though i. Mar 12, 2020 shannon brownlee s book, overtreated, will open your eyes to the problems and point the way to the answers. Oct 26, 2009 the other thing that i like to point out is that shannon brownlee is a senior fellow at the new america foundation and is best known for her recent book. In this gripping, eyeopening book, awardwinning journalist shannon brownlee. Framing our problem in terms of costs is a misrepresentation of the real challenge how to slow the. Shannon brownlees humane, intelligent, and penetrating analysis empowers readers to avoid the perils of overtreatment, as well as pointing the way to better. Overtreated why too much medicine is making us sicker and poorer is a 2007 book by shannon brownlee about unnecessary health care. Medicare patients living in highcost, highcare regions are no healthier than their peers in lowercost, lesscare regions.
Once patients had a chance to look at the video and brochure, they were then able to discuss with the doctor. Based on extensive research and interviews, brownlee picks apart the u. Brownlee dissects what she calls the medicalindustrial complex and lays bare the backward economic incentives embedded in our system, revealing a stunning portrait of the care we now receive. Its at this extreme end of the spectrum that shannon brownlees new book, overtreated, focuses its analysis.
New paradigms in lyme disease treatment 2016, by connie strasheim. Overtreated why too much medicine is making us sicker. My choice for the economics book of the yearits the best description i have yet read of a huge economic problem that we know how to solvebut is so often. It offers a way to control costs and cover the uninsured, while simultaneously improving the quality of american medicine. Medicare patients treated at hospitals that did the most tests and. In her new book, overtreated, author shannon brownlee argues that overuse of hightech tests and unnecessary hospital stays result in a less efficient. Why too much medicine is making us sicker and poorer, published by bloomsbury usa. In this gripping, eyeopening book, awardwinning journalist shannon brownlee takes readers inside the hospital to dismantle some of our most venerated myths about. The byline of shannon brownlees book overtreated, why too much medicine is making us sicker and poorer says it all. Shannon brownlee, msc, is senior vice president of the lown institute. Shannon brownlee is senior vice president of the lown institute, a nonpartisan public policy think tank based in boston. Our health care is staggeringly expensive, yet one in six americans has no health insurance. Recently, i read an excellent book by shannon brownlee, overtreated.
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