Re:The Problem of Doctors’ Salaries
by sanderjd on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @01:16PM
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Thanks for the detailed response!
It seems to me that all of that (both the fully loaded costs of an employee, and the complexity of medical billing) applies equally to any other doctor, with a single exception. The exception is the portion of the attendings' costs that can be "charged" to each resident.
Is it that the additional cost in attendings' time, along with the reduced ability to earn larger sums for complex unsupervised procedures, outweighs the lower salary?
It seems to me that all of that (both the fully loaded costs of an employee, and the complexity of medical billing) applies equally to any other doctor, with a single exception. The exception is the portion of the attendings' costs that can be "charged" to each resident.
Is it that the additional cost in attendings' time, along with the reduced ability to earn larger sums for complex unsupervised procedures, outweighs the lower salary?