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In response to "yep. I honestly don't get why it has to cost so much here. -- nm" by loosilu

the biggest difference, i believe, is that in the US doctors are paid per service and (i think) in canada they usually are not.

Posted by TFox Jul 21 '09, 07:31

So there is no financial incentive to see 100 patients a day instead of 20, or to order additional tests or more radical treatments if they aren't necessarily a better medical treatment option with better outcomes.

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of course they are. -- nm - Andie Jul 21, 07:32 1
- are they? i thought it was more of a salaried system than a fee-for-service system, but i could be way off base. -- nm - TFox Jul 21, 07:33

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the biggest difference, i believe, is that in the US doctors are paid per service and (i think) in canada they usually are not.

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