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If you click the link you'll see that China has fewer doctors and nurses per capita: >>With 1.6 physicians per 1000 population in 2012, China had much fewer doctors per capita than the OECD average (3.2 physicians). The number of nurses per capita in China (1.8 nurses per 1000 population in 2012) is also much lower than the OECD average (8.8 nurses). As for the affordability of dental services, would you say that's a…
> China has fewer doctors and nurses per capita That explains why the public spending on healthcare is less - less doctors/nurses per capita, together with far less pay for doctors/nurses. the 1.6 doctors per 1000 population vs 3.2 in OECD countries is not a surprise, Chinese doctors have for decades been forced to work much longer hours. > As for the affordability of dental services, would you say that's an argument…
But the standards that need to be met to be licensed as a dentist must be much lower for dentist pay to be that low without massive shortages of dentists.
Which goes back to my question on whether you think China's case is an argument for lowering of mandatory quality standards.