From: Part-time and full-time medical specialists, are there differences in allocation of time?
• Mutual dependency between hospitals and specialists: |
   Medical specialist can not practice without the hospital |
   Hospitals can not exist without medical specialists |
• Separate payment for hospitals and specialist |
• In 2000, 71% of the medical specialists are not in the employ of the hospital |
• It is most common for medical specialists to be associated with only one hospital |
• Facilities of the hospital are used for outpatient care; outpatient care is part of the hospital |