Economics of surgery and medical treatment in coronary artery disease.
Coronary disease is a major cause of increase in health-care costs. The disease is widespread, crippling, affects the money-making age groups and is expensive to treat whether medically or surgically. As benefits of surgery become more clearly realized, and receive a stronger statistical backing, it may be found that an expensive operation is more cost-beneficial than a series of less expensive hospital admissions. Whatever the cost-benefit or cost-effective ratios prove to be, it is likely that most patients faced with a choice between painful or pain-free life will choose the pain-free option, especially if 'the insurance will pay for it'.
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