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I don't understand why there is no good rating system for doctors, we have it for restaurants, hotels etc but not for doctors?

Yes doctors are more complex but the rating system can be improved over time by feedback and observation and this system can help filter out the doctors that became doctors mostly for financial reasons.

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Because most patients rate doctors based on whether they were given what they wanted rather than if what they did was medically correct. If you fail to give a patient a pain medication or an antibiotic you get a bad review even though it was the right thing to do.

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