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The assertion that physicians are a primary driver of excess US healthcare costs requires evidence. See here https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issu
by intrepidlemon 2y ago
The assertion that physicians are a primary driver of excess US healthcare costs requires evidence.
See here https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2023/oct/high-us-health-care-spending-where-is-it-all-going https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2...
Physician salaries are a driver, but the far bigger portion lies with insurance’s take, and the administrative costs required to respond to insurance shenanigans.
- gruez 2y agoThis report, linked in a vox article a sibling post, comes to the opposite conclusion. https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/brief/what-drives-health-spending-in-the-u-s-compared-to-other-countries/ https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/brief/what-drives-health... It calculates US's spending on healthcare to be 87% higher than "Comparable Country Average", and attributes only a 10 percentage point of the price increase to "administration" costs, as opposed the report you linked which estimates 30 percentage points.
- ryaniscool 2y agoAnesthesiology average salaries US: $438k/yr Australia: $203k/yr UK: £112k/yr That seems like a big difference to me.