Should more Australian doctors be salaried than paid by fee-for-service?

Arnold, Peter C

doi:10.5694/mja11.11128

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To the Editor: I would have thought that, in 2011, any debate pitting fee-for-service against salary models of remuneration was both stale and futile. These debates, such as the one entered into by Peat1 and Travis,2 have been around since Bismarck introduced health insurance for workers in Germany.

Correspondence: parnold@ozemail.com.au

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1. Peat BB. Should more Australian doctors be salaried than paid by fee-for-service? — Yes. Med J Aust 2011; 195: 256. doi: 10.5694/mja11.10898. <MJA full text>
2. Travis DG. Should more Australian doctors be salaried than paid by fee-for-service? — No. Med J Aust 2011; 195: 257. doi: 10.5694/mja11.10878. <MJA full text>
3. Glaser WA. Paying the doctor: systems of remuneration and their effects. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1970.
4. Ginzberg E. Men, money and medicine. New York: Columbia University Press, 1970.
5. Ashley Cooper A. Characteristicks of men, manners, opinions, times. Vol 1. 1711.

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