> people who tend to have more health issues and issues with worse outcomes
I wonder if that's true, from the perspective of the doctor. The stereotype, at least where I live, is that old people will go regularly to the doctor almost just to chat, whereas a young person will only go when there's something wrong with them.
True, though it depends a lot on the field: most of my social group works in emergency medicine, where people don't drop in just to chat quite as often!
I wonder if that's true, from the perspective of the doctor. The stereotype, at least where I live, is that old people will go regularly to the doctor almost just to chat, whereas a young person will only go when there's something wrong with them.