Off-the-charts surgery figures demand review
By AdminRedding doctors were extremely wary of speaking to a reporter about state data that reveal strikingly high rates of hysterectomies and spinal fusions in Shasta County.
Will they talk to each other about the disparity in patient care? They’d better. The health of the community demands no less.
Shasta County had California’s highest rate of spinal fusions and laminectomies from 2005 to 2007, according to recent figures from the state Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development. Shasta was second behind only Siskiyou County (where many patients travel to Redding for care) for hysterectomies. For both procedures, the rate was about double the state average… more
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