Re:‘Alarming’ burnout is making doctors want to kill themselves
by candiodari on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @08:21PM
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> The solution is really pretty simple: there needs to be meaningful competition on the (patient-perceived) quality of care.
Competition would require at least a slight oversupply of doctors. Right now there's a shortage: we're training about 80% of the doctors we need for the current levels of procedures. Meanwhile the population is getting older and that means more procedures. This will get worse before it gets better.
So this can only happen if we increase funding quite a bit for medical training programs, essentially country-wide. 25%, absolute minimum.
Competition would require at least a slight oversupply of doctors. Right now there's a shortage: we're training about 80% of the doctors we need for the current levels of procedures. Meanwhile the population is getting older and that means more procedures. This will get worse before it gets better.
So this can only happen if we increase funding quite a bit for medical training programs, essentially country-wide. 25%, absolute minimum.