Malpractice: Healthcare in the West U.S.

Malpractice News: According to a study conducted by Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, where you live (in terms of geographic region) can play a significant role in the healthcare you receive. While the rates of disease are not different based on where you live, the way patients are treated is sometimes different. In the western portion of the U.S., the study noted the following:

According to the CDC, in 2006 fewer than 70 percent of women over age 40 had a mammogram in the prior two years (the national average is 77 percent). The percentage of women obtaining Pap tests is also low, as are the numbers of men and women undergoing routine cholesterol screenings.
In 2007, Washington became the first state to ask doctors to share important and relevant information to patients undergoing an important elective surgery.
According to a 2005 study conducted by UCLA, men living in several cities in California, as well as in Utah, are nearly twice as likely to have surgery as those in the northeast.
Experts deem Utah and Oregon as models for restrained and responsible care for terminally ill patients. In a 2006 Dartmouth study, researchers noted that Utah patients averaged 17 doctor visits in the last 6 months of life. Utah, Oregon, and Idaho patients spent an average of 7-8 days in the hospital in their final 6 months of life.
According to 2005 Medicare data, Casper, Wyoming showed the highest rates for back surgery in the United States. Patients underwent back surgery at a rate of 11 per 1,000 Medicare enrollees, which is more than 2.5 times the national average.

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