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- From: john@anasazi.com (John R. Moore)
- Subject: Re: Physician's Incomes
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- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 22:35:10 GMT
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- In article <gdavis.724952283@griffin> gdavis@griffin.uvm.edu (Gary Davis) writes:
- ]
- ] There are a lot of things in professional education that would be
- ]nice,but probably are not cost effective. Allowing the priviledge
- ]of persuing any discipline as an undergraduate pre-med student
- ]probably IS one of them. I'm not sure that this four years of
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- I don't think that level of education is the issue beyond the following:
- an MD is usually (but not always) a postgrad degree because of the need
- for a number of college level courses in biology, chemistry, etc
- before med school. Furthermore, after graduation there is Internship
- and usually residency, so a typical MD has as many years invested in
- education as any PHD.
-
- HOWEVER, MD's often make big bucks for two reasons:
- >Supplies limited due to difficulty of getting the education
- >Fee for service
-
- I would point out that the same applies to lawyers and lots of other
- professionals doing personal service work.
-
- What should they make IMHO? I think that given the long hours and
- heavy responsibilities on many physicians, coupled with the significant
- education, they should make a pretty high salary (experienced 747 captains
- make ~$150,000 last time I checked!). Currently there seem to be large
- distortions (some specialties making big money without having to
- do hospital visits or taking midnight calls from patients - such as
- Radiologists - while primary care folks are making much less). Reforms
- in the health care system are likely to fix this over time. It's clear
- to me that the guy who does nothing all day but Radial Keratotomy
- and earns millions per year is getting overpaid, and using only a tiny
- fraction of his education!
-
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