{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Brakke\u54a8\u8be2\u7f51\u7ad9","provider_url":"https:\/\/brakkeconsulting.com\/zh","title":"News from Brakke Consulting","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"q6ICp7EwHD\"><a href=\"https:\/\/brakkeconsulting.com\/zh\/brakke-viewpoint-august-18-2023\/\">\u5e03\u62c9\u514b\u89c2\u70b9 2023 \u5e74 8 \u6708 18 \u65e5<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/brakkeconsulting.com\/zh\/brakke-viewpoint-august-18-2023\/embed\/#?secret=q6ICp7EwHD\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"\u300a Brakke Viewpoint August 18, 2023 \u300b\u2014Brakke Consulting Website\" data-secret=\"q6ICp7EwHD\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/brakkeconsulting.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>","description":"A topic of much discussion in the veterinary market is the labor shortage.\u00a0 Many are advocating for more veterinary schools in the US\u00a0 (as many as 8 are under consideration or already underway), and some are advocating for a new mid-level professional equivalent to a physician\u2019s assistant in human medicine.\u00a0\u00a0 In addressing this issue, I think it\u2019s important to take the long view.\u00a0 In 2012, in response to low and stagnant incomes, the profession commissioned a workforce study that estimated the profession would have excess capacity for the next 25 years.\u00a0 Yet less than10 years later the profession was perceived as being in a \u201csevere shortage.\u201d\u00a0 The 2012 study was no doubt heavily influenced by the impact of the Great Recession, at a time when household discretionary income was as at a modern low.\u00a0 Likewise the 2021 \u201csevere shortage\u201d was no doubt influenced by the tremendous amount of money poured into the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic.\u00a0 Discretionary income, especially in middle to upscale households, was robust. The point\u00a0 is, there will always be ebbs and flows in demand for veterinary services\u00a0 (i.e. labor) based on the availability of discretionary income (given that companion animal practice employs the majority of veterinarians).\u00a0 But there are more fundamental drivers of demand for the amount and type of veterinary services.\u00a0 These can bestView Full Post;"}