Thursday, January 04, 2007

what money can't buy.

Total U.S. health care costs for the year 2004: greater than 1.9 trillion dollars
Price of rarely used PET Scanner: 2.5 million dollars

Average salary of average hospital CEO: $350,000-1 million /year
Price of recruiting and training a new graduate nurse: $30,000
Average salary of a new graduate RN: $43,000
Average salary of a medical intern: $24,000/year
Cost of a new bladder scanner: $17,000

A doctor that answers his STAT pages promptly: priceless.

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