24 May
2013
24 May
'13
1:14 a.m.
Petros wrote:
BTW: I read once that in old China the doctor was paid money when the patient was healthy (not when he was sick).. Sounds like a good idea in principle but I don't know whether it would be feasible to implement in modern society.
The way I heard it, is that they do it *today*, and basically they say "you get $x/year, less $y per day of sick leave taken by your patient cohort". I can see that particular metric backfiring, but not any worse than what we have, where the only thing stopping a doctor deliberately keeping you mildly ill (so you keep coming back) is his ethics.