EMPLOYMENT AND REMUNERATION OF PHYSICIANS COMPARED TO THE HEALTH INSURANCE SYSTEM IN THE USA

Abstract

The last decade has brought a sharp rise in healthcare costs in the US. This was not accompanied by an improvement in the indicators of the quality of healthcare. The health care system in the US, based in the same amount on private insurance as public funding, proved to be ineffective. This fact is mainly attributed to the growing costs of administering the complex system and high prices of medicines. And although the share of labor costs, including the remuneration of doctors in general health care expenditures, is relatively small (20%), there is an urgent need to look for pro-efficiency solutions also in this area. However, they must be accompanied by fuses that ensure adequate quality of health services and their availability. The article presents the mechanisms of employing doctors and their remuneration as an important element of systemic solutions in health care in the USA. It also features some characteristics of the pay relation. The article uses mainly secondary sources, including OECD statistical data. The results of reports published in American literature by various bodies and institutions, including Medscape and Doximity – the most popular American portals associating doctors, were also used. The information collected during unstructured interviews with participants of the health care system (doctors, hospital directors) during their stay in the USA was used as auxiliary.\n\n