Health Economics Archive
High Cost of CT in the US - Redux.
0 Comments Published by Vijay June 22nd, 2008 in CT, Health Economics, Medical blogs, Other Bloggers, RadiologyDr. Peng Hui Lee, a Consultant Radiologist in the NHS, and author of the blog MidEssexRay, mentioned an old post of mine in his blog yesterday. The post in question, titled ‘Why does a CT scan cost so much in the USA?‘ is the one with the most comments on my blog. The comments, twenty-six [...]
Why does a CT scan cost so much in the USA?
40 Comments Published by Vijay October 29th, 2007 in CT, Health Economics, Life in India, Medical blogs, Medicine, Nebulous Views, Other Bloggers, Radiology, UltrasonographyThe subtext of this post is obviously my inability to comprehend the high costs of healthcare in the USA. I am not going to add anything new to the arguments for or against defensive medicine. This debate has been raging in some corner or the other ever since the medical blogosphere came into existence.
What prompted [...]
Good Business vs. Good Radiology.
2 Comments Published by Vijay August 16th, 2006 in Health Economics, Nebulous Views, RadiologyAfter yet another a bad case of blogger’s block, I found this post today in Dr. Flea’s blog. I can’t thank him enough for giving me an idea to write about.
And he deserves another thank you for introducing a great new blogger.
Dr. Flea says…
I have maintained for some time that, in order to make a [...]












