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Physicians are grossly underpaid for the level of education they have to go through, the amount of work that is done weekly, and the high stakes nature of their
by Medicalidiot 7y ago
Physicians are grossly underpaid for the level of education they have to go through, the amount of work that is done weekly, and the high stakes nature of their job. I'm biased as a medical student though.
Fun fact: ~5% of health care costs come from physician salaries, 8% is from nurses.
- collinstom 7y agoDo you have any data on how many physicians there are, vs. the number of nurses? According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are nearly 3m [1] nurses, and less than 1m [2] physicians. Physicians still, categorically, are more expensive than nurses. [1] https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes291141.htm https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes291141.htm [2] https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/physicians-and-surgeons.htm https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/physicians-and-surgeons.h...
- hackeraccount 7y agoCompare a Doctor to an Airline pilot - especially a regional carrier. A Doctor screws up and they can kill maybe 1 person?
- lliamander 7y agoAh yes, but doctors usually survive their own screw ups.