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by Ekaros 1482 days ago
Actually I think you should when that work is not scalable. Surgeons can very well be measured by how many patients they operate on. And quality improvements are a thing, but how much more productive is there? 1,1x or 2x or 3x? Probably not magnitude more. So really their pay should only be that much more...
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If you can completely fix a hernia with 99% success at the first try without a hospital stay, you are significantly more productive than somebody that has a 50% success rate and that requires patients to stay in hospital for a week, even if you operate on the same number of patients.