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Physician income is not currently the most important part of US healthcare expenditures. In fact, administrators and administrative costs lead to more expenditu
by carbocation 11y ago
Physician income is not currently the most important part of US healthcare expenditures. In fact, administrators and administrative costs lead to more expenditure, and do not directly contribute to patient care. So, I have to agree that cutting physician income is not going to fix the problem. In fact, physician income could be set to 0 and it would only reduce healthcare expenditures by ~15%, last I looked.
- jessriedel 11y agoPhysicians income is only 8.6% of healthcare costs. Maybe 15% includes nurses? http://www.jacksonhealthcare.com/media-room/news/md-salaries-as-percent-of-costs/ http://www.jacksonhealthcare.com/media-room/news/md-salaries...
- carbocation 11y agoYes, I might have lumped direct care providers together (MDs, PAs, NPs, RNs, MAs, etc), or perhaps I just misremembered. Thanks for the link.