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As of ~2012, physician compensation was something like 8.5% of healthcare spending in the USA. This means that in the United States, physician compensation is a
by carbocation 11y ago
As of ~2012, physician compensation was something like 8.5% of healthcare spending in the USA. This means that in the United States, physician compensation is actually a smaller component of healthcare costs than it is in the UK (where it's ~10% of overall cost).
- JamesBarney 11y agoThis is because the U.S spends 2.6 times as much on health care per capita as the united kingdom.
- carbocation 11y agoAnd if you paid physicians $0, the US would still spend about 2.4 times as much on health care per capita as the United Kingdom. In the context of this thread, this is the relevant point.