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Re:Why Doctors Reject Tools That Make Their Jobs Easier by telchar on Monday October 15, 2018 @09:14PM (#18225617)
In what country? The US is still mostly per per procedure. There are codes for procedures and for diagnoses and they both get factored into the bill.
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Re:Why Doctors Reject Tools That Make Their Jobs Easier by gwright on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @01:25AM (#18226794)
Take a look at DRGs. In the US they were first used for payments in the Medicare system but they have expanded outside that program over the years:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diagnosis-related_group

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