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Physicians' pay in the US has absolutely no meaningful impact on the cost of healthcare in general. Additionally doctors per capita in the US is nearly half wha
by 93po 4y ago
Physicians' pay in the US has absolutely no meaningful impact on the cost of healthcare in general. Additionally doctors per capita in the US is nearly half what it is in a lot of European countries. Half the doctors doing the same amount of work effectively cuts their pay in half in terms of expense.
- throwaway49506 4y agoThere's absolutely no way that's true. A day has only so many hours and person can work only so many hours in that day. I am a resident of EU. Every single doctor I know is severely overworked and there's a significant shortage of doctors. Other factors must be at play.
- 93po 4y agoThere is a strong push in the US for doctors to spend as little time as possible on each patient. I've had doctor visits that billed my insurance $350 where my doctor talked to me for literally 120 seconds. Everything else was done by an intake assistant. I would be surprised if it was this bad in other places, but explains why US doctors can handle more patients.