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Originally Posted by golfing eagles
Well, that's interesting. Do you really think the demographics of a primary care practice here is different than anywhere else, PERIOD? And your insight into what type of patient a doctor wants to see is based on what? The average age of a patient in my NY practice was probably about 45-50, but the average age of the patients that actually came to be seen was in the 70's. Pediatricians want to see kids, that's obvious. Gynecologists want to see women, oncologists want to treat cancer. Family practitioners will see who they want. Specialists want to do procedures. I very much doubt "demographics" in TV has a lot to do with recruiting.
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Not only that, "demographics" here is a gold mine of bread and butter procedures if you're a dermatologist, dental implant specialist, ophthalmologist with cataracts done assembly-line, retina-macular specialist, neurologist dealing with stroke and arthritis/syndromes, medical oncologist, radiation oncologist, urologist treating prostate cancer, etc. And the great specialists in these fields want to make money, too, not work for half or a third of the amount as an academic at a teaching/research hospital megaplex in the cities.