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Going against the popular opinion. Sure, but when the salaries are too low like they are in Southeastern Europe doctors don't want to schedule surgeries($500+)
by bkovacev 9y ago
Going against the popular opinion.
Sure, but when the salaries are too low like they are in Southeastern Europe doctors don't want to schedule surgeries($500+), do a proper look-up ($50-100) or even bother to check on you or when an inadequate doctor/nurse/practitioner checks on you or does a procedure and screws up what happens? Nothing. Tough luck pal. Healthcare is public, you're required to pay for it and it's deducted from your salary. What do you get in return?
Two nights ago I brought my girlfriend's sister to the ER, her appendix was inflamed, she couldn't walk, talk or move due to pain and was left waiting for an hour. They did blood work and gave her an IV and sent her home, told her "we cured you" after another blood work was completed and her leukocytes dropped a bit. No ultrasound, ct or anything advanced, they haven't even properly checked her stomach. Her leukocytes were >19000.
I was later told by a friend that I need to give a 50 to the nurse to push her through the line and another 100 to the doctor. Great world we live in.
Don't get me wrong, but I think you should not fix something that is not completely broken. Your doctors still do their work and don't expect money, expensive gifts, bottles of whiskey and roasted pigs like they do in my home country.
In my country number of doctors you're allowed to have in a Clinic/ER/Urgent Care is proportional to the number of people living in the region. There is 1.3 gynecologist on a region of 10,000 people. Is that normal? My grandmother has to schedule a month and a half in advance to get her prescription medication and check ups are every two-three months. Not sure how it is in the States now, but in my 10 year tenure there and 10 times I was in the hospital, I never waited for more than 10-15 minutes after my scheduled time.
- test6554 9y agoThat's why it's going to take automation to finally drive disruption in health care.
- jacobrobbins 9y agobkovacev out of curiosity what country do you live in? Because i have friends who have had much better experiences in Estonia.
- bkovacev 9y agoJacob - I'm living in Serbia. This has happened to us in Novi Sad couple of nights ago. I should have maybe added Southeastern Europe. I'll fix that. Estonia is light years ahead of my home country! :)
- 1stranger 9y ago> Going against the popular opinion. > Sure, but when the salaries are too low like they are in Southeastern Europe doctors don't want to schedule surgeries Nobody is saying to pay doctors according to undeveloped country standards. We're talking about developed countries with similar if not better health outcomes.
- bkovacev 9y agoYou're not getting my point. Salaries for doctors are too low for the Southeastern Europe standard. The whole point I was making is that you should not lower it as per your standards. It's good as it is.
- thinkcontext 9y agoThe point the article is making is that the US is getting significantly lower value out of their doctors than other comparable countries. They pay doctors more and get worse outcomes, which points to the conclusion that the doctors are overpaid for the value they provide.
- bkovacev 9y agoThe point I am making is that you can pay less and get the value I mentioned in my original comment.