Physician pay must change

Can't pay, must pay.

editorial editorial l ong ago, in a political galaxy far away, i was educated at one of the world's elite universities. neither i, nor my middle-class parents, paid a penny in upfront fees for this privilege. in fact, the state—or more precisely my local municipality—paid me a substantial 'maintenance grant' every term which covered my room in college, living expenses, books and other study ess...

Some Things Must Not Change.

The past three months have been a season of tremendous change, and many of us have been surprised by the political events that have taken place. January heralds a change in administration for the United States, and the future seems uncertain. I sense that change is going to be the new normal, and we have to be able to cope with it-and with each other-for a long time. What I want to talk about i...

Physician pay should reflect workloads, say economists.

We must pay more attention to record linkage quality.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0102-311XED010715 Record linkage techniques enable researchers to identify and merge data regarding a single individual stored in different databases 1. There are many possibilities for applying these techniques in health research, surveillance and evaluation. This has led to an increasing interest in their use. Following an international trend, we have observed a grow...

Fixing the heart: must the brain pay the price?

Coronary artery bypass grafting surgery (CABG) has been persuasively shown to prolong life expectancy in a broad spectrum of patients with severe ischemic heart disease.1 Improvements in the procedure during the past 2 decades have allowed operative mortality rates to fall while disease severity, comorbidity rate, and procedural complexity have increased. In one area, however, evidence of impro...