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Interesting that while US population increased over the last century, at least the percentage of agricultural workers actually sharply decreased. Somehow produ
by avmich 4y ago
Interesting that while US population increased over the last century, at least the percentage of agricultural workers actually sharply decreased.
Somehow productivity among medical professionals - also taking into account increased demand - didn't increase fast enough to get to similar decreases of doctors per capita.
- Eisenstein 4y agoA more efficient plow can increase agricultural yields and a machine that can automatically core apples will remove the need for people to core the apples -- is there an equivalent for medical diagnostics?
- toast0 4y agoBetter tests and more access to diagnostic tools helps medical productivity to some degree, although unnecessary testing pushes the other way. And sometimes better diagnostics leads to more interventions which may mean more labor (and sometimes better outcomes too)
- maxerickson 4y agoWhen it works, imaging (x-ray, CT, MRI, etc.) is ridiculously effective. There's also stuff like figuring out that bacterial infections are a big contributing factor in ulcers. Once doctors believed it was true, interventions got a lot more effective.