Correlation between the ratio of physician consultation fees to hourly minimum wage and consultation length: a cross-sectional study of nine countries.

ABSTRACT: Current healthcare reimbursement system is criticised for not adequately compensating physicians' cognitive services. This study was performed to examine primary care physicians' consultation fees in nine countries, relative to the national hourly minimum wage and to examine the correlations of the physician consultation fee with consultation length and other healthcare indices. Nine reference countries for which healthcare statistics are publicly available and outpatient consultation is compensated by fee-for-service payment were selected. A representative consultation fee was chosen to calculate the ratio of the consultation fee to the hourly minimum wage. The primary outcome was the correlation between the consultation fee/hourly minimum wage ratio and consultation length. In addition,

SUBMITTER: Kim JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9772664 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature