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Originally Posted by crazy_eoj
Administrative costs of 3.3% are based on self-reported numbers done by.... the administration. Surprised!? They often don't count physicians or nurses doing primarily administrative work in these costs.
Using the definition of administration as: " people working to direct the activity of health care but do not directly participate in patient care as a major portion of function " (as in line with the OECD #'s) shows administrative costs of 15%.
The bureaucracy is real.
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I'm not quite sure what you're arguing here. Like are you saying that the national average of 4.5% administrative cost means that their physicians and nurses are more efficient? And that the OECD average is 15% while we're at 3% since we make our doctors do the admin work?
It'd follow then, that if you have more administrative staff to take care of administrative tasks, then the front line staff like physicians and nurses can spend more time taking care of patients.