http://healthcare-economist.com/2008/10/10/medical-licensing-improving-or-harming-the-quality-of-medical-care/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:10:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://healthcare-economist.com/2008/10/10/medical-licensing-improving-or-harming-the-quality-of-medical-care/comment-page-1/#comment-18780 Healthcare Economist · Will Nurses Steal Market Share from Physicians? Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:47:38 +0000 http://healthcare-economist.com/?p=1318#comment-18780 [...] Healthcare Economist has been a persistent advocate of loosing state and federal restrictions on the occupation scope of work practices. For instance, [...] [...] Healthcare Economist has been a persistent advocate of loosing state and federal restrictions on the occupation scope of work practices. For instance, [...]

]]> http://healthcare-economist.com/2008/10/10/medical-licensing-improving-or-harming-the-quality-of-medical-care/comment-page-1/#comment-3666 Healthcare Economist · Healthcare Economist Manifesto Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:38:41 +0000 http://healthcare-economist.com/?p=1318#comment-3666 [...] Certification, not licensure.  Doctors are expensive.  Why?  For three reasons: 1) they provide high value services, 2) going to medical school is costly, 3) they participate in a cartel known as the AMA. It has been shown by many studies that the AMA cares more about physician profits than patient health. Because physicians need a license to practice, they limit supply and drive up prices.  Costs would drop if only certifications were required.  (See my series of posts on licensure).  In many instances, the certification/licensure debate would not produce any real change because physician training for both licensure and certification would be nearly identical.  On the other hand, patients could pay more to see doctors with better/more certifications while still being able to save money by going to a provider with worse/less education.  Certifications would also allow talented physicians to perform cross-discipline procedures.  For instance, ophthalmologists have frequently prevented optometrists from conducting certain treatments through.... [...] [...] Certification, not licensure.  Doctors are expensive.  Why?  For three reasons: 1) they provide high value services, 2) going to medical school is costly, 3) they participate in a cartel known as the AMA. It has been shown by many studies that the AMA cares more about physician profits than patient health. Because physicians need a license to practice, they limit supply and drive up prices.  Costs would drop if only certifications were required.  (See my series of posts on licensure).  In many instances, the certification/licensure debate would not produce any real change because physician training for both licensure and certification would be nearly identical.  On the other hand, patients could pay more to see doctors with better/more certifications while still being able to save money by going to a provider with worse/less education.  Certifications would also allow talented physicians to perform cross-discipline procedures.  For instance, ophthalmologists have frequently prevented optometrists from conducting certain treatments through…. [...]

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