Originally Posted by Old Dad
Originally Posted by JonLaw
You pull the educational background and residency information, and then use it as a proxy for intelligence and skill as a first screen before you narrow your search and look for additional information.

Yet I don't now of one person who has done that. Are there people who do so? I'm sure there are, however, it doesn't matter to enough people to make career or make a enjoyable living or not.

Since I've had to do this for family members, I will have to say "yes, there are people who do things like this".

Granted, the two most important pieces of data are how many times they've done the procedure and their age. You want to have a surgeon at their peak.

The entire career/enjoyable living issue has more to do with cash flows and monopoly power within the U.S. medical-insurance complex.