But in recent years, there has been a sharp decline in marginal improvements. Most of the 120,000 people who die every year have simply reached the end of their days. Fewer than 20 % could have been saved by better, more extreme medical procedures.
但時至今日，醫療的邊際效應已大幅遞減，目前每年 12 萬死亡人數中，多數實在是「天年已盡」，可以靠更好、更積極的醫療救活的，已不到 2 成。