>Despite director Michael Crichton's intentions against scaring audiences from hospitals, many physicians and hospital administrators claimed this occurred. Variety mentioned the film as a possible cause of the drop in organ donor numbers. >Hospitals reported patients' fears, with some even removing the number "8" from operating rooms due to its association with the film. Additionally, the film's lurid premise spurred a wave of illegal offers to sell organs to organ banks. >After Coma hit theaters in '78, Michael Crichton was public enemy number #1 to anesthesiologists and chronic-care clinics. His critique of hospitals (especially their business model) was not new by any means. He wrote in 1970 that the old days of a "young couple 'dumping' grandpa for the weekend" were over because "financial considerations will soon become the paramount determinant of function." In other words, medical care costs were becoming outrageously expensive.
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