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Originally Posted by leoslayer
150000 a year just from gov work, and they have time to do private too.
^^^^ ok now when you say this say x amount for each patient on list do they still get paid from the gov when one of these ppl comes in for standard services? say they sprain an ankle and just want some meds and dont want to go to the ortho. then they come in for strep throat later his he getting paid or is it they get to come in all they want and he gives them unlimited service for 50?
also out of this 150k who pays his nurses and staff? is it the dr like here? who pays for equipment and rent on office all that stuff? cause if he only grosses 200k he aint going to have much left over at all.
He get's the base money from the government no matter what. If for an entire year not a single patient shows up, they still get the entire money. And the service is always free for the patients, unless they need a certificate of some sort. If they want meds, they get a prescription and if they want a specialist they get an appointment. If his service sucks, people will choose another doctor and he will lose money. It's in his best interest to keep things quick and tidy.
And there is no nurse to pay, because there is no nurse work. Nurses work only in the hospital, generic doctors are there to evaluate, do a quick check-up and send you to the correct specialist or sign off for med treatment and work in in offices they rent; which also means he doesn't have to buy costly machines. The doctor pays only the rent for his place he chooses and the secretary to manage the flow of people.
If you have a sprain ankle, you go to the hospital first, where after admission and a little wait ( mostly an hour here ) you get an x-ray and then get to talk to a specialist directly, choosing the path you want to take. Everything is cost-free for the patient.
The flow is seperated between urgent or in need of quick diagnosis, which goes to the hospital and there get's color coded for gravity and wait times ( white for people that should have gone to the general doctor and are treated last, green for not urgent people that get to wait an hour, yellow for treat immediately and red for critical ), and the rest of problems goes always to the general doctor. Everything is still free of charge at the base level, you only pay 40€ when you get a non urgent specialist appointment.
And again, the 150k+ they make, is the base salary for a few hours a week. They have all the time to do more private or hospital work, which pays even better.
Last edited by YouR_DooM; 01-30-2012 at 10:28 PM.