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How Should Docs Get Paid?
Author(s) -
Lantos John
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
hastings center report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1552-146X
pISSN - 0093-0334
DOI - 10.2307/3528436
Subject(s) - blues , incentive , work (physics) , value (mathematics) , public relations , business , law and economics , psychology , economics , political science , management , computer science , microeconomics , engineering , mechanical engineering , machine learning
It has become increasingly difficult to place a value on the work that doctors do. Yet fiscal pressures have lead to economic incentives for performing certain kinds work instead of others. So the question arises: what are the ethics and consequences of trying to objectively compare the many services physicians offer?