Comments on: CT for a UTI http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/04/ct-for-uti.html medical blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:50:13 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/04/ct-for-uti.html/comment-page-1#comment-74182 Anonymous Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:38:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/04/ct-for-a-uti.html#comment-74182 "It doesn't make a lot of sense to compare professions because that is not apples to apples."<br/><br/>I'm not comparing professions, I'm comparing compensation. Being top of your class in high school has nothing to do with your ability to make money. <br/><br/>At the end of the day, for all this talk of "destruction" of the medical profession, you're still the best paid profession by far. So perhaps some of the whining is a little premature. “It doesn’t make a lot of sense to compare professions because that is not apples to apples.”

I’m not comparing professions, I’m comparing compensation. Being top of your class in high school has nothing to do with your ability to make money.

At the end of the day, for all this talk of “destruction” of the medical profession, you’re still the best paid profession by far. So perhaps some of the whining is a little premature.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/04/ct-for-uti.html/comment-page-1#comment-74181 Anonymous Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:35:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/04/ct-for-a-uti.html#comment-74181 "Most medical students would be at the top of their class in Law school."<br/><br/>Maybe, maybe not. And, being in the top of your class doesn't mean that you're that great a lawyer. “Most medical students would be at the top of their class in Law school.”

Maybe, maybe not. And, being in the top of your class doesn’t mean that you’re that great a lawyer.

]]> By: Justin http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/04/ct-for-uti.html/comment-page-1#comment-74166 Justin Sun, 22 Apr 2007 21:45:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/04/ct-for-a-uti.html#comment-74166 Good point anon 2:38. Most medical students would be at the top of their class in Law school. Or in their MBA class, or whatever. People who get into medical school are smart and work very hard. And because being a doctor is tough work, and takes a lot of training, doctors command a high price. Good point anon 2:38. Most medical students would be at the top of their class in Law school. Or in their MBA class, or whatever. People who get into medical school are smart and work very hard. And because being a doctor is tough work, and takes a lot of training, doctors command a high price.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/04/ct-for-uti.html/comment-page-1#comment-74165 Anonymous Sun, 22 Apr 2007 19:38:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/04/ct-for-a-uti.html#comment-74165 It doesn't make a lot of sense to compare professions because that is not apples to apples. It makes more sense to compare what physicians who were top in their class from high school through college in terms of leadership positions, grades, community service, etc. could make if they were to become say lawyers. I was accepted to a tier I top 10 law school and I'm sure if many of medical school friends who are smarter and more motivated than myself had tried their hand at something else they would be extremely successful. How much do you think I would have made if I had chosen to go that route? It doesn’t make a lot of sense to compare professions because that is not apples to apples. It makes more sense to compare what physicians who were top in their class from high school through college in terms of leadership positions, grades, community service, etc. could make if they were to become say lawyers. I was accepted to a tier I top 10 law school and I’m sure if many of medical school friends who are smarter and more motivated than myself had tried their hand at something else they would be extremely successful. How much do you think I would have made if I had chosen to go that route?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/04/ct-for-uti.html/comment-page-1#comment-74164 Anonymous Sun, 22 Apr 2007 18:52:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/04/ct-for-a-uti.html#comment-74164 I meant top 10% as far as hourly wage. Compensation/hours worked.<br/><br/>Physicians average just over $150K a year in the US. That's $50K higher than the next highest profession, lawyers. I meant top 10% as far as hourly wage. Compensation/hours worked.

Physicians average just over $150K a year in the US. That’s $50K higher than the next highest profession, lawyers.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/04/ct-for-uti.html/comment-page-1#comment-74163 Anonymous Sun, 22 Apr 2007 18:13:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/04/ct-for-a-uti.html#comment-74163 What does top 10% mean? more than $100K/year?<br/><br/>How is that the highest paid profession? What does top 10% mean? more than $100K/year?

How is that the highest paid profession?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/04/ct-for-uti.html/comment-page-1#comment-74161 Anonymous Sun, 22 Apr 2007 17:02:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/04/ct-for-a-uti.html#comment-74161 The Department of Labor's. On an hourly basis, physicians are in the top 10% in the US. The Department of Labor’s. On an hourly basis, physicians are in the top 10% in the US.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/04/ct-for-uti.html/comment-page-1#comment-74159 Anonymous Sun, 22 Apr 2007 15:53:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/04/ct-for-a-uti.html#comment-74159 <i>"And yet the healthcare industry grows at a record pace, consuming more and more dollars, and making physicians the highest paid profession in the world."</i><br/><br/>Highest paid profession in the world? What kinda crack is this screwy guy smoking? “And yet the healthcare industry grows at a record pace, consuming more and more dollars, and making physicians the highest paid profession in the world.”

Highest paid profession in the world? What kinda crack is this screwy guy smoking?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/04/ct-for-uti.html/comment-page-1#comment-74156 Anonymous Sun, 22 Apr 2007 14:42:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/04/ct-for-a-uti.html#comment-74156 This post again shows us the dillema in the emergency room. Here, there was no emergency and the proper course of action is followed. The hard part is of course that the patient did not follow up with their primary care doctor and as a result the ER doc is the one sued.<br/>Even though the patient is stabilized and referred back to their doctor, we are left on the hook for the patients not following up. The answer is to test the patient in the ER for everything raise the costs of medicine further. It is what it is. This post again shows us the dillema in the emergency room. Here, there was no emergency and the proper course of action is followed. The hard part is of course that the patient did not follow up with their primary care doctor and as a result the ER doc is the one sued.
Even though the patient is stabilized and referred back to their doctor, we are left on the hook for the patients not following up. The answer is to test the patient in the ER for everything raise the costs of medicine further. It is what it is.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/04/ct-for-uti.html/comment-page-1#comment-74149 Anonymous Sun, 22 Apr 2007 05:35:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/04/ct-for-a-uti.html#comment-74149 And yet the healthcare industry grows at a record pace, consuming more and more dollars, and making physicians the highest paid profession in the world. Not to mention the profits of their liability carriers<br/><br/>Some destruction. All the rest of us should be so lucky as to have our industries similarly "destroyed". And yet the healthcare industry grows at a record pace, consuming more and more dollars, and making physicians the highest paid profession in the world. Not to mention the profits of their liability carriers

Some destruction. All the rest of us should be so lucky as to have our industries similarly “destroyed”.

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