Physician Salaries in Cuba : $30 a Month !
Yeah and a Nurse earns $25 a month - besides government housing next to their offices. No, it ain't a April Fool's Joke. Wow ! for a country that's right next to America, thats a very stark difference in income figures and Yet - Cuba manages to have better health system and health indicators, or at least equivalent to those of the developed nations.
The great health despite low expenditure, as this news article puts it, "can be attributed to Cuba's emphasis on public health collaboration, easy access to primary care, mission-based goals and objectives, integration of health education, minimal administration and related costs (including provider salaries), and relevant timely research and development"
Not that we need to bring down US physicians salaries to those meager amounts, but there is a lot to learn about building more financially efficient and effective health system in the US.
The amusing part, the author of that article goes on to say:
"As long as we're authorizing an invasion of illegal immigrants, we ought to get some of those $30 a month doctors and $25 a month nurses. In fact, at that price I'll take a dozen for my own personal use."
LOL
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The great health despite low expenditure, as this news article puts it, "can be attributed to Cuba's emphasis on public health collaboration, easy access to primary care, mission-based goals and objectives, integration of health education, minimal administration and related costs (including provider salaries), and relevant timely research and development"
Not that we need to bring down US physicians salaries to those meager amounts, but there is a lot to learn about building more financially efficient and effective health system in the US.
The amusing part, the author of that article goes on to say:
"As long as we're authorizing an invasion of illegal immigrants, we ought to get some of those $30 a month doctors and $25 a month nurses. In fact, at that price I'll take a dozen for my own personal use."
LOL
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posted by Digitaldoc, MD at 10:27 PM
The healthcare available to rich tourists and government officials, and the healthcare available to the Cuban citizens themselves are two very different things. The facilities available to the avarage Cuban barely qualify as hospitals.
And yet their health status indicators are spectacular. Aren't we perhaps overspending and overdoing it in America
Anonymous said ... (7:23 PM) :
And exactly who is putting out these health status indicators? Because if it is a govt office, then I doubt it is quite accurate. Most Cubans haven't been able to see a doctor in years, much less obtain any OTC meds.