It's not that we have too many doctors
In 2003, the United States had fewer practicing physicians, practicing nurses, and acute care bed days per capita than the median country in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Nevertheless, U.S. health spending per capita was almost two and a half times the per capita health spending of the median OECD countryMy impression, which could be wrong, is that it isn't that doctors make that much more here, either. From an article suggesting that we'd spend less and more efficiently if we utilized information technology in healthcare more efficiently. I agree, although I don't think there are any easy answers.
posted by Dr. Andy @ 4:49 PM
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Overuse of medical services, capisce?
Flea
How much of our health care money goes to admin costs? I just did a quick google and see that in 1997 United Healthcare took in $10,135,000,000 and paid out $8,542,000,000 to medical claims. So that's $1,593,000,000 in admin costs in one year for one insurance company. And that's not even counting the admin costs at incurred by the medical provider to bill and submit the claims.
Is all this money spent on paperwork and billing counted as having been spent on medical care?
Well, I was in Paris last spring and ended up sitting next to a recruiter. She recruits doctors from the continent for England, where they make more money. A specialist surgeon, who works some overtime, can make as much as 100,000 euros a year.
Orthos whom I depose, two years out of residency, are making two million dollars a year. Anesthesiologists coming out of school are getting starting offers from 300k to 600k. I'd say they are making more than they do in Europe by a factor of ten for some, more than ten for others.
it is because lac of professionalism i think
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