“Regarding surgery there are immediate outcomes and they are treating a specific problem so it is easy to measure”
There are longer term impacts of surgeries, though, that aren’t easily measured, and surgeries tend to score far more poorly on those fronts. Fixing a (sometimes minor) problem in ways that make people need more healthcare later is at best a mixed bag.
“Regarding surgery there are immediate outcomes and they are treating a specific problem so it is easy to measure”
There are longer term impacts of surgeries, though, that aren’t easily measured, and surgeries tend to score far more poorly on those fronts. Fixing a (sometimes minor) problem in ways that make people need more healthcare later is at best a mixed bag.