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What Surgeons Get Paid, and What Patients Think Surgeons Get Paid – Freakonomics Freakonomics

Jared Foran, an orthopedic surgeon in Denver, is a co-author of a new study called “Patient Perception of Physician Reimbursement in Elective Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty” (PDF here). The authors surveyed 1,200 patients to see how much they thought orthopedic surgeons should make and what Medicare actually pays for a hip or knee replacement.

Source: What Surgeons Get Paid, and What Patients Think Surgeons Get Paid – Freakonomics Freakonomics

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