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We actually don't have unlimited hospitals or doctors. New hospital constructions will often require a 'Certificate of Need' - existing hospitals can essential
by brianlweiner 13y ago
We actually don't have unlimited hospitals or doctors.
New hospital constructions will often require a 'Certificate of Need' - existing hospitals can essentially veto any expansions.
We haven't expanded our medical school supplies in 30 years either. We essentially graduate the same # of doctors as we did in 1980, although demand for medical services has increased significantly over that period.
https://www.aamc.org/download/153708/data/charts1982to2012.pdf https://www.aamc.org/download/153708/data/charts1982to2012.p...
- ck2 13y agoThere are nearly 6000 hospitals in the USA with nearly a million beds. That's a MASSIVE amount of overlapping resources. Yet every cost in a hospital, even to get to one via ambulance, is breath-taking. There are countries with far fewer resources (ie. Canada) with far lower costs.