Thanks a lot by the sharing the article (This is not the same as I saw on 80000). So Dr.Lewis thought about”replacing a worse doctor”. There are some factors that would change the QALYs number:
1.Mentioned in Lewis’s article, different types of doctors contribute differently. Such as maybe doctors who treat cold don’t make big impact(because it’s easy, with SOP), but who treat cancers well do.
2.How bad are bad doctors?
3.The value of “curing a disease”, sometimes, curing a cancer doesn’t mean you prevent a person dying from cancer, because he might get another cancer in a few years.
The positive impact relies on “reducing suffering”, but curing disease may only delay the suffering, especially for the seniors.(unless you die with less suffering, some dying ways are more suffering, like advanced cancers)
If you consider the impact of patients’ relatives, prolonging patients’ lifespan might be good if their relatives feel sad about the patient’s death.
Thanks a lot by the sharing the article (This is not the same as I saw on 80000). So Dr.Lewis thought about”replacing a worse doctor”. There are some factors that would change the QALYs number: 1.Mentioned in Lewis’s article, different types of doctors contribute differently. Such as maybe doctors who treat cold don’t make big impact(because it’s easy, with SOP), but who treat cancers well do. 2.How bad are bad doctors? 3.The value of “curing a disease”, sometimes, curing a cancer doesn’t mean you prevent a person dying from cancer, because he might get another cancer in a few years. The positive impact relies on “reducing suffering”, but curing disease may only delay the suffering, especially for the seniors.(unless you die with less suffering, some dying ways are more suffering, like advanced cancers) If you consider the impact of patients’ relatives, prolonging patients’ lifespan might be good if their relatives feel sad about the patient’s death.