--- Adam Augustine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Another thing that occurred to me, again not a commentary, just an > observation, is that doctors get paid very well, so their > useful/pay ratio isn't inversely proportionate. > > I don't have exact statistics, but I suspect world class > neurosurgeons get high pay and can only service a single person > at a time... and probably not more than a few a day at the absolute > most. So the pay/people-serviced proportionality doesn't seem to be > universal either.
That's partly true, but with doctors, there are a couple of additional factors to consider: 1 - The barrier to entry is very high: not many people can or would want to go through medical school, residency, etc. to become an MD, and it's even more difficult to become a specialist. So, the supply is inherently limited. 2 - The demand is not going away anytime soon; if anything, it's increasing. 3 - The cost of doing business -- particularly the astronomical cost of malpractice insurance -- ensures that most doctors couldn't afford to charge less money, even if they wanted to. ===== PGP Key ID: 071B173D Fingerprint: ED30 B048 6833 56B4 28C0 CE52 F12B 884A 071B 173D ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
