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2011 Essay Contest Finalists
Patients and their caregivers are uniquely positioned to recognize inefficiency in the healthcare system but are seldom empowered with information they need to reduce harmful spending. With the help...
View ArticleAn Expensive Pain in the Neck
The following anecdote is by Renee Lux, a patient from Connecticut who was among the winners of the 2011 Costs of Care Essay Contest. One morning this May, I woke up with a stiff neck. I applied hot...
View ArticleTreating Heart Failure on a $100 Budget
The following anecdote is written by Molly Kantor, a medical student from Boston who was among the winners of the 2011 Costs of Care Essay Contest. As a third year medical student, I spent one...
View ArticleQuestioning the Price
The following anecdote was written by Court Nederveld, a patient from Florida who was among the winners of the 2011 Costs of Care Essay Contest. Hypertension was the trigger that forced medical cost...
View ArticleDoctors, Not Financial Engineers
The following anecdote was written by Dr. Andrew Schutzbank, a physician in Boston who was among the winners of the 2011 Costs of Care Essay Contest. Peggy was in her early 70s and suffered from a...
View ArticleCosts of Care…and Coercion?
The following anecdote is written by Dr. John Schumann, Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Oklahoma. His story was a finalist in the 2011 Costs of Care Contest, and will be featured...
View ArticleA Question of Worth
Dr. Eijean Wu is a gynecologic oncology fellow at the University of Southern California Medical Center, and was a finalist in the 2011 Costs of Care Essay Contest. As an OB/GYN resident, I tried to...
View ArticleSavvy patient finds hidden discounts just by asking
The following anecdote was written by Suzanne Nesmith, a patient from Arkansas who was a finalist in the 2011 Costs of Care Essay Contest. My husband and I have been self-employed for many years, and...
View ArticleWaiting for Discharge…
The following anecdote was written by Kelly Donovan, a third year medical student at Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine. On a late afternoon in mid-July I was finishing up my first Sunday on call...
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