RT Journal
A1 Potyk D, Graham J
T1 BAsic health care is not a “market good”
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 2012
FD October 22
VO 172
IS 19
SP 1525
OP 1526
DO 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.4436
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2012.4436
AB 
We read the article by Hsia et al1 about charges for appendectomy in California hospitals with interest.1 The wide variation in charges was remarkable but not surprising given prior publications.2- 3 Two topics regarding this article are worthy of amplification. First, we assert that the data presented warrant more incisive conclusions. Second, we inquire about further analyses.