Patient Satisfaction

Here's an interesting (but not yet reproduced) result:

A UC-Davis study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine on Monday found that the most-satisfied patients are more likely to be hospitalized, have higher health care costs and are more likely to die than less-satisfied patients. The study is believed to be the first to warn that focusing on patient satisfaction could have unexpected adverse effects.

Why were the ones who were satisfied
more likely to be the ones that died?

Were there doctors giving them whatever they asked for, whether it was good for them or not?

Some things you can ask a doctor to do
may not be good for you.

I imagine Michael Jackson
had high patient satisfaction.