Front line doctors, nurses, and technicians continue to report concerns about the way CoVID-19 diagnoses and case fatalities are being reported. In the video below you hear, "Every patient that comes in with a respiratory problem is labeled CoVID-19."
The CDC directives for CoVID-19 diagnosis and COD coding are worded to encourage coding as many cases as possible as CoVID-19, no confirmatory testing required.
Furthermore, you have to understand that there are financial incentives tied to diagnosing and mechanically ventilating CoVID-19 cases, as well there should be given the cost and complexity of managing the disease. However, we must consider how financial incentives might bias diagnosis, attribution of COD, and even progression to critical care and mechanical ventilation.
Medical examiners are similarly complaining about hospital administrators pressuring them to list the cause of death (COD) as CoVID-19 in cases in which they concluded otherwise.
If you think hospitals are hallowed halls of professionalism and ethical behavior, then you've never worked for a hospital.
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