There has been a lot of brouhaha after report that in India there is rampant prevalence of the practice of referral commission amongst physicians advising investigations, hospitalization or specialist consultations referral. The problems in India are 1. Lack of adequate health care facilities by the government 2. Lack of health insurance 3. Lack of affordability of medical care (population is looking for value for money because of the above 2 reasons ) 4.
Wherever they are, primary care physicians are “expected” to work selflessly in the service of the sick without a thought for money. It sounds good but in India , this idea has slowly been stretched to the point of becoming unfair The above reasons have led to an artificially low consultation fee. On an average family physicians charge 100 for a consultation and Rs 50 for a follow up. Let us assume an average of Rs 75.…
