Comments on: Chinese healthcare – the Doctor’s ‘Allowance’

By: Daniel Joseph Losada

Daniel Joseph Losada — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 02:53:22 +0000

I wonder if this kind of system exists in Thailand? I t would explain why Doctors there so enthusiastically over-prescribe un-necessary medications.

By: Frank Cutmore

Frank Cutmore — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 08:34:23 +0000

This is true and includes dentists. I spoke with one dentist from Asia who enjoys a fantastic reputation and has a growing number of cosmetic clients, yet he cannot afford to live near where he works. Not that he is in poverty when you consider the whole of Asia, but in comparison to western doctors his salary is minimal. Those tickets once you understand the system are so important to ensure an equal share of the profits.

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By: Susan

Susan — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:45:20 +0000

Not only does Allowance make up doctors’ salary, it is also a symbolization of doctors’ clinical skills and reputation. In such a country that most of people still hold the “superstition” that only doctors-with-reputation can treat, even for a common flu, you will know that not a single department will let go of their patients, ’cause that equals to let to of its reputation, and life…