Star Trek: Voyager1995

[Chellick explains the treatment coefficient of the patients in the hospital]

Chellick:
An agricultural engineer is obviously more important than a waste processor.

The Doctor:
Important to whom?

Chellick:
Society. When your resources are limited, you have to prioritize.

The Doctor:
So you base treatment on whether patients have particular abilities.

Chellick:
It's much more complicated than that. The Allocator assesses the entire individual.

The Doctor:
And reduces his life to a number.