Anyone following this? I find it difficult to be on the side of the doctors since they are protesting an increase in the number of doctors in country that needs more of them.
I find it interesting because our own profession also has barriers that are claimed to be high for the purpose of increasing salaries although of course the governing bodies will deny this. If tearing down the barriers is the right thing to do for society, would you support it?
Opening the floodgates and credential Ing a bunch of low tier doctors is not super optimal either. I wonder if they have nurse practitioners and physician assistants in SK to help with case loads, especially since most people seeking medical attention will probably be fine on their own given some time to rest and recover….
I think IMR is an accounting construct that should disappear as PBR takes over. If the regulators were interested in fairness or consistency, they shouldn’t limit negative IMR, but they are most interested in solvency, so I get why they are reluctant to permit.
Almost all medical care there is on a FFS basis, and the government sets the rates, which are too low to afford MDs a high salary, even though clinics are very efficient at herding patients through (less paperwork, good assembly line, less defensive medicine, etc.)
I think they’re already making it up with volume to the extent practical, and their incomes are still lower than they’d like (certainly lower than in the US), because there’s a limit to how much a clinic can pay its doctors and still break even. I don’t know the answer to your other question.
Well the thing is, I heard getting into med school was so hard that it boils down to missing 1 or 2 questions on the entrance exam. If they increase the number of students, they’ll be letting those losers who missed 3 questions and we can’t have that happening, can we.