Personal Perceptions of Quality Health Care

Personal Perceptions of Quality Health Care
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Personal Perceptions of Quality Health Care
I recently went to our community-based hospital for treatment barely two months ago. It had been some few days of feeling persistent stomachache. At first, I thought it was merely a mild pain that would pass by with time, but this was not the case. I took some hot water for a few consecutive days; the pain persisted. It was at this point that I went to seek medical attention. Upon arriving at the hospital, being booked for consultation, and seeing the doctor for examination, I was informed of the need for both stool and blood tests. Since I was only experiencing a stomachache, I did not understand the need for the blood test, which was quite costly. I thought that only a stool test would be a more than enough diagnosis. In the American healthcare system, more than one-third of the laboratory tests and medical diagnoses are usually unnecessary. These unnecessary tests result in increased care costs and, most notably, increased risk of harm and undesirable outcomes to the patients (Suz...