Tootsfriend wrote: ↑Sat Mar 09, 2024 10:43 am

Born-Confused wrote: ↑Thu Mar 07, 2024 10:06 am

Tootsfriend wrote: ↑Thu Mar 07, 2024 8:27 am I wanted to pay for a doctor and blood tests for a girl who has some health problems, but when I see the price of each test they do I understand why so many Cambodians go directly to the pharmacy to self medicate. Why would they charge so much for each test, as I always thought that it was just a matter of programming the computer on the blood testing machine to do whatever tests you require done.
In Australia I have a full blood test analysis done once a year, which is over 50 items and it's all free.

Do they charge for each and every test like that in Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam

None of these tests are "free" in Australia. You only, don't pay for them as they are covered through Medicare and many of the standard tests are subsidised through the Medicare Benefits Schedule. There are quite a number of tests that are not on the MBS, and so will have to be paid for by the patient.
Pathology services are not just a machine that will run blood through - there are all sorts of kits, substrates and antibodies, which are required for these tests. Each test also has to run to a set of standards, to ensure that the range is correct.
So the pricing schedule that you have listed looks on par, if not cheaper than the cost in another Western country.

Consultant with a Central Hospital doctor is $ 45 , which equates to around about 25 % of a factory workers monthly salary . A monthly salary in Oz would be around about A $4,000 . I have never heard of an Australian paying 25% [ $1,000 ] for a doctors appointment.

The 6 to 10 blood tests required would cost over $100 ,, which is about 50 % of a factory workers salary. I have never heard of an Australian worker on the min monthly wage paying 50 % [ $2,000 ] for 6 to 10 blood tests.

Perhaps the comparison in your prices is being made with a western country I am unfamiliar with.