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One big reason that doctors aren’t going into pediatrics is money. Although pediatricians undergo the same amount of training as other doctors—and sometimes more—they are paid up to 25% less ...
Drugs are more expensive, doctors are paid more, and suppliers charge more for medical equipment than other countries. [48] Journalist Todd Hixon reported on a study that U.S. spending on physicians per person is about five times higher than peer countries, $1,600 versus $310, as much as 37% of the gap with other countries.
A peer-reviewed comparison study of healthcare access in the two countries published in 2006 concluded that U.S. residents are one third less likely to have a regular medical doctor (80% vs 85%), one fourth more likely to have unmet healthcare needs (13% vs 11%), and are more than twice as likely to forgo needed medicines (1.7% vs 2.6%). [46]
Another recent story discussed how female doctors are paid less than male. A recent article in Newsweek discussed the continuing pay gap between men and women, and suggested some reasons why women ...
Doctors may work independently, as part of a larger group practice, or for a hospital or healthcare organization. Independent practices are defined as one in which the physician owns a majority of his or her practice and has decision making rights. In 2000, 57% of doctors were independent, but this decreased to 33% by 2016.
Lead Stories, Fact Check: Blue Cross Blue Shield Does NOT Pay Doctors A Bonus Only For Number of Children Vaccinated, Dec. 3, 2020. This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: ...
In February 2010, the news-magazine Newsweek published in a report that the "annual number of American medical students who go into primary care has dropped by more than half since 1997" to the point where it had gotten "hard to get an appointment with the doctors who remain". The journal also commented that "as many as half of primary-care ...
One work area at Iowa Pathology was decorated with "a large photograph of a bare-breasted young woman," according to the complaint. ... Female doctors allege they were paid less than male ...