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A Seminar

AMA Arch Surg. 1972;105(6):962-968.

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From time to time, the ARCHIVES will contain symposia, conferences, or lectures of major interest to our profession. This particular symposium, "The High Cost of Hospital Care," was held at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, on March 25, 1972.

DR. MOORE: I would like to introduce this seminar on hospital costs with a personal reminiscence. When I began the practice of surgery in November 1943, I considered purchasing another car. I was told that cars were difficult, if not impossible, to obtain because of the war, but if I could find \$575, I could have a new Ford. My first operative patient had a thyroid nodule; she was in the hospital a few days, and my fee to her was \$175. Her hospital bill was about \$217.

Today, \$2,400 might get you a new Ford, a factor of increase of about 4.0. The surgeon's fee for removal of a . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Footnotes
Accepted for publication June 8, 1972.

Edited by Richard Warren, MD, Chief Editor, Archives of Surgery.

Moderator: Francis D. Moore, Moseley Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, and Surgeon-in-Chief, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston.

Panel members: Martin S. Feldstein, MD, Professor of Economics, Faculty of Public Administration and Institute of Politics, Harvard University; Alfred P. Morgan, Jr., MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and Senior Associate in Surgery, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital; Mark R. G. Chassin, third-year student, Harvard Medical School; and William E. Hassan, Jr., PhD, Director, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, and Visiting Lecturer on Hospital Administration, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston.

Reprint requests to 319 Longwood Ave, Boston 02115 (Dr. Warren).

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