Profit-Based Medicine (aka Opulence Based Medicine)
One alternative - which may be especially prevalent in private
practice and fee-for-service based remuneration systems - is definitively
profit-based medicine (also known as opulence based medicine): The
conscientious, explicit and judicious use of the most profitable and
lucrative interventions when making decisions about the care of individual
patients.
Competing interests:
No competing interests
20 December 1999
Gunther Eysenbach
Researcher
Unit for Cybermedicine, Dept. of Clinical Social Medicine, University of Heidelberg
Rapid Response:
Profit-Based Medicine (aka Opulence Based Medicine)
One alternative - which may be especially prevalent in private
practice and fee-for-service based remuneration systems - is definitively
profit-based medicine (also known as opulence based medicine): The
conscientious, explicit and judicious use of the most profitable and
lucrative interventions when making decisions about the care of individual
patients.
Competing interests: No competing interests