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Are GPs paid per drug they prescribe?
Someone is trying to tell me that GPs are paid per drug they prescribe, I don't believe it. Anyone care to prove me wrong?
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i have no clue what they are paid on, but its far more likely to be per patient they see, or per patient they look after. i would ask my god mother, but thats effort
i have no clue what they are paid on, but its far more likely to be per patient they see, or per patient they look after. i would ask my god mother, but thats effort
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Why? just curious
Because drugs company representatives visit doctors offices and leave all sorts of promotional materials "and other goodies" to influence decisions about which drugs are prescribed. Drugs salesman in the US are very much "in your face"
OK, this isn't the same as actually paying a doctor to prescribe a certain drug (although who knows what shady underhand deals are done - "hey doc, start using our brand instead of theirs and there's a weekend in Vegas for you and the wife in it" - nothing surprises me anymore) but as I say, there is clearly some scope for corruption and undue influence.
god I hope they are
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Because drugs company representatives visit doctors offices and leave all sorts of promotional materials "and other goodies" to influence decisions about which drugs are prescribed. Drugs salesman in the US are very much "in your face"
OK, this isn't the same as actually paying a doctor to prescribe a certain drug (although who knows what shady underhand deals are done - "hey doc, start using our brand instead of theirs and there's a weekend in Vegas for you and the wife in it" - nothing surprises me anymore) but as I say, there is clearly some scope for corruption and undue influence.
OK, this isn't the same as actually paying a doctor to prescribe a certain drug (although who knows what shady underhand deals are done - "hey doc, start using our brand instead of theirs and there's a weekend in Vegas for you and the wife in it" - nothing surprises me anymore) but as I say, there is clearly some scope for corruption and undue influence.
you get reps in england as well, they give away stationary, mouse mats and lamps etc
Actually I think its the opposite. My mother has had to take all sorts of medication, and our GP always tries to prescribe the cheaper ones (even though prescription drugs are all the same cost on the NHS). It wouldn't surprise me if they have some sort of budget or other incentive to minimise drug costs.
GPs can be either salary doctors or 'partners'. Salary doctors are a recent thing, it used to be only partners. Partners own a stake in the business. So if there are four partners, they get their salary from taking a quarter of the profit the practice makes at the end of the year. Salary doctors are paid a fixed salary out of the budget the practice receives. They're generally more likely to work part time than partners.
A GP has certain outgoings such as money spent on staff costs, drugs on site, equipment, etc. They get an income from the NHS. This income will exceed the expenditure and be divided amongst the partners at the end of the year, which they get paid as a salary over a year. However, this salary can change year on year because of the reasons I outlined above.
In rural practices, you get pharmacies on site. In urban practices, you don't. Therefore rural practices have a greater income (to pay for drugs) and a greater outgoing (money spent on drugs). So in theory, if a practice requested money for more drugs than they needed, the partners could make some money out of it. This probably happens to a small extent unintentionally, but I don't think massive fiddlings would go unnoticed, this isn't a corrupt country.
GPs don't 'work for' the NHS. When Aneurin Bevan was trying to convince the GPs of his new and radical National Health Service scheme in 1948, he had to compromise by respecting GPs' independence. So GPs are contracted to a surgery and manage the finances themselves, they don't get paid a top-down salary by the NHS.
A GP has certain outgoings such as money spent on staff costs, drugs on site, equipment, etc. They get an income from the NHS. This income will exceed the expenditure and be divided amongst the partners at the end of the year, which they get paid as a salary over a year. However, this salary can change year on year because of the reasons I outlined above.
In rural practices, you get pharmacies on site. In urban practices, you don't. Therefore rural practices have a greater income (to pay for drugs) and a greater outgoing (money spent on drugs). So in theory, if a practice requested money for more drugs than they needed, the partners could make some money out of it. This probably happens to a small extent unintentionally, but I don't think massive fiddlings would go unnoticed, this isn't a corrupt country.
GPs don't 'work for' the NHS. When Aneurin Bevan was trying to convince the GPs of his new and radical National Health Service scheme in 1948, he had to compromise by respecting GPs' independence. So GPs are contracted to a surgery and manage the finances themselves, they don't get paid a top-down salary by the NHS.
To the best of my knowledge in the UK, GP's get paid extras for supplying drugs such as Blood Pressure tabs, in America they make speeches on behalf of drug companies some earn mega bux, earn more from using the drugs they talk about and prescribe. Why are Docs so RICH....the answer lays in the question.
Hate to burst your bubble but yes they are paid certain amounts to promote certain drugs !! I worked in a GP's surgery back in 2006/07 and was completely naive thinking this wasn't happening until a colleague eventually educated me ............... I believe the medical profession to be as corrupt as our government/prison services/police forces etc !!!
I've worked as a support worker with people with all levels of mental health for over 3 years and I'm now a qualified therapist. I've seen and heard a lot over the years. Personally I've never taken antidepressants myself
and never would under any circumstances. I feel massively for people that sadly so when I know talking therapy works more effectively over time, is non invasive and less harmful all round.
I've worked as a support worker with people with all levels of mental health for over 3 years and I'm now a qualified therapist. I've seen and heard a lot over the years. Personally I've never taken antidepressants myself
and never would under any circumstances. I feel massively for people that sadly so when I know talking therapy works more effectively over time, is non invasive and less harmful all round.
check out Metformin they are being incentivised to prescribe it
look at Metaformin GPs are being incentivised to prescribe it!
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