Medical System
topic on 2 shows · 2 statements across 2 episodes
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My First Million
2 statements about Medical System, every show
Means: Acute care accounts for only 5% to 7% of healthcare spending
“The acute innovations of the medical system, if we have an infection, gunshot wound, burst appendix, complicate childbirth, that's great, but that's five to seven percent of overall spending. The vast majority of the medical system is basically pilling and put…”
Balaji: COVID-19 case volume overwhelms healthcare systems despite mild cases
“All the evidence we have indicates that the absolute number of hospitalizations and deaths when this hits an area is very high. Even if it is true there's lots and lots of mild cases, the N is so large that it overwhelms the medical system.”