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> It's an issue with all forms of health care. If a hospital makes money for each test done That doesn't line up. In some countries, such as the UK, doctors ar
by MaxBarraclough 6y ago
> It's an issue with all forms of health care. If a hospital makes money for each test done
That doesn't line up. In some countries, such as the UK, doctors are generally salaried employees.
With that said, I don't think the same is true of UK dentists.
- goatinaboat 6y agoIn some countries, such as the UK, doctors are generally salaried employees. This is not true. A GP practice is a private partnership like a legal chambers which bills the NHS for its services. This fact is strangely overlooked by people angry about “privatising the NHS”, it’s always been this way.
- MaxBarraclough 6y agoSome UK GPs are salaried. I don't know the proportions. https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/explore-roles/doctors/pay-doctors https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/explore-roles/doctors/pay-d...
- goatinaboat 6y agoSome UK GPs are salaried. I don't know the proportions. Paid a salary by the private practice they work for, again just like a junior lawyer would be.