alt Hacker NewsIf your dialysis clinics have the worst outcomes in the industrialised world, it should make you go hmmm.
And usually it's not a problem, of "Throwing more money at it", but lack of regulations and enforcing them.
That said, Physician Owned Clinics have better outcomes, there is no reason why that shouldn't be the standard model of operating them. Usually they have more moral scruples about worsening care for profit.
Also there is naturally more competition, if there are multiple small operators instead of only Fresenius Nephrocare or DaVita
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/death-rates-at-u-s-dialys...
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The dialysis clinics are bad and make all the money because it’s Medicare fraud dude. Well meaning morons say “whatever people need we should pay for them” not thinking for a second that some unscrupulous fuck is the one getting the money.
CBS say this then don't publish the data!
The data [https://www.transonic.com/renal-disease-in-us] says that kidney transplants for dialysis patients happen LESS frequently in the USA than in Europe, yet the survival rate is very close - 39% USA vs 41% Europe. This implies that dialysis in the USA is very close or _better_ quality than in Europe - as there is a large difference in transplant rates but only a small difference in survival rates.
Maybe the above data is wrong, but CBS don't seem to provide any better data