| > Are the number of patients increasing The number of patients is literally never ending. It's a property of the decentralized public health system. If you have resources to spare, patients will be sent to you. No matter how much time and money you pour into healthcare, it's never enough. It's as if demand instantly scaled to exceed capacity. > or the time consumed by each increasing On the contrary, it's reducing. Cheap fast consults in popular clinics are now the norm. Doctors are doing more in less time for less money. The numbers are embarrassing, especially when converted to USD. The only consolation is it's still pretty good due to our low cost of living. Brazilian software developers working for american companies for a salary that would be inhumane to an american put doctors here to shame. I'm talking 2-4x, depending on the company and exchange rate. It wasn't like this before. > unemployment among Drs increasing? A few years ago I saw someone joke about doctors driving Ubers for the first time. It's looking more and more likely each year. I'm also seeing doctors simply abandon the profession straight up. |
> Brazilian software developers working for american companies for a salary that would be inhumane to an american put doctors here to shame. I'm talking 2-4x, depending on the company and exchange rate. It wasn't like this before.
It sounds to me that this is really the root cause of your unhappiness, rather than more doctors entering the market. We had a similar situation in India too, but over time the wealth gets spread around. The software engineers will too, after all, need healthcare and they will be willing to spend more on it given their higher disposable incomes.