Doing more procedures exposes a physician to more risk, but those who do a lot of procedures generally are better at them. I'm an anesthesiologist, but I don't

Doing more procedures exposes a physician to more risk, but those who do a lot of procedures generally are better at them. I'm an anesthesiologist, but I don't do infants or cardiac cases, and I haven't done them in long enough that I wouldn't want to do them without someone around to get me back in the groove. Someone who does one vaginal delivery a month is not going to be as good at doing them as someone who does two or three a day. And they certainly won't be as good at cesarean sections. Delivering just one baby costs a hell of a lot of money in insurance, which is a major part of why family doctors in rural areas don't do that anymore. By contrast, people who drive more miles - even if they are excellent drivers - are at higher risk of being in a collision because they have to deal with other people on the road, who may be terrible drivers.