The average doctor in the US spends 50% of his time on bill collection issues of one type or another and a significant percentage of his income on malpractice insurance. Assuming 6 patents an hour * 10$ a patent * 40 hour weeks * 48 weeks a year = 192,000$. Say 50% overhead and that's 96k / year in Argentina. Drop that to 3 patents an hour and add in ~4x cost of living, rent's cheap cars are less so, and your around 200k / year which is close to the US equivelent.
Now, let's swap that around in the US and say 40$ or ~30$ in Canada a visit should be about right for 10-25 minutes with a doctor assuming a decent heath care system. Except most offices have more people doing medical billing than doctors and doctors still spend a lot of time on insurance related tasks and your quickly into 100+$ a visit.
Now, let's swap that around in the US and say 40$ or ~30$ in Canada a visit should be about right for 10-25 minutes with a doctor assuming a decent heath care system. Except most offices have more people doing medical billing than doctors and doctors still spend a lot of time on insurance related tasks and your quickly into 100+$ a visit.