Outsourcing

[Nix]

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What is the likelihood that Radiology will be outsourced in the future?

 

[f_w]

7%

 

[Docxter]

7%

I completely disagree. That's outrageous!!!! It's 6.9%.

 

[f_w]

erratum:

7% (CI 5.8-8.1)

 

[Nix]

erratum:

7% (CI 5.8-8.1)

Can you elaborate

 

[fedor]

erratum:

7% (CI 5.8-8.1)

Be careful, or else in a few months from now we will read in the NY Times an article about a concensus in the radiology community that there is an "approximately 7% chance that radiology will be outsourced."

 

[fedor]

What is the likelihood that Radiology will be outsourced in the future?

Not only are the doctors going to India, but also the patients:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4562670

A Passage to India for Medical Treatment by Miranda Kennedy

All Things Considered, March 26, 2005 · Growing numbers of foreign patients, including uninsured Americans, are going to India for medical treatment. Proponents say the health care is comparable to much that is available in the United States, and at a far lower cost.

Soon there will be nothing left in the US. Emigrate while you still can!