July 28, 2008
Money and beauty to the left - skin diseases and insurance to the right
From NYTimes.com:
Like airlines that offer first-class and coach sections, dermatology is fast becoming a two-tier business in which higher-paying customers often receive greater pampering. In some dermatologists’ offices, freer-spending cosmetic patients are given appointments more quickly than medical patients for whom health insurance pays fixed reimbursement fees.
A study published last year in The Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology found that dermatologists in 11 American cities and one county offered faster appointments to a person calling about Botox than for someone calling about a changing mole, a possible sign of skin cancer.
Posted by Staff at 08:00 AM
Category: Health Care; Health Disparities; Healthcare; Healthcare; Heath Inequities; Skin Cancer