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> China has fewer doctors and nurses per capita That explains why the public spending on healthcare is less - less doctors/nurses per capita, together with far
by dis-sys 8y ago
> China has fewer doctors and nurses per capita
That explains why the public spending on healthcare is less - less doctors/nurses per capita, together with far less pay for doctors/nurses. the 1.6 doctors per 1000 population vs 3.2 in OECD countries is not a surprise, Chinese doctors have for decades been forced to work much longer hours.
> As for the affordability of dental services, would you say that's an argument for deregulation and lowering of mandatory quality standards?
It is the complete opposite - the cost is so low because they got over-regulated. The mind set of the government is that "dental issues are usually not life threatening, it thus shouldn't be expensive", all charges by public hospitals are exclusively set by the Price Bureau (Yes, there is Price Bureau!) and dental costs are just stupidly low.
- CryptoPunk 8y ago>>all charges by public hospitals are exclusively set by the Price Bureau (Yes, there is Price Bureau!) and dental costs are just stupidly low. But the standards that need to be met to be licensed as a dentist must be much lower for dentist pay to be that low without massive shortages of dentists. Which goes back to my question on whether you think China's case is an argument for lowering of mandatory quality standards.