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by rootusrootus 5 days ago
> You have X doctors who can see (just a guess) 30X patients

FWIW, it's about 1500X plus or minus.

> How can we make sure there's enough staff to provide adequate healthcare for everyone?

The solution now seems to be headed towards using FNP's and similar in place of fully licensed MDs. Which for things like primary care makes good sense IMO.