“So many people spend their working lives doing jobs they think are unnecessary”

Re:“So many people spend their working lives doing jobs they... by blfr on Sunday March 22, 2015 @06:48AM (#9246311)

Then they need to estimate how many procedures of each kind to contract, or how large facilities to maintain, in Croydon. Which in part depends on the number of 30 year old white males living there.

If they get it wrong, he doesn't magically get treatment anyway. He either has to wait, or travel elsewhere (and someone still has to figure out where and when). Otherwise, they waste money on unused capacity.

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Re:“So many people spend their working lives doing jobs they... by CPLX on Sunday March 22, 2015 @11:04AM (#9246948)

Perhaps, but you don't need an army of sophisticated actuaries to figure this year's number for Croydon is not too different from the last 20 years of data. There are some prediction and budgeting problems to solve of course but they are of an entirely different character when you're not dealing with a for profit or marketplace solution.

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