Ask yourself what those studies measure and if you can honestly consider those measures fair measures of quality, quantity and equity in providing care. It usu

Ask yourself what those studies measure and if you can honestly consider those measures fair measures of quality, quantity and equity in providing care. It usually boils down to $5,000 for surgery X in one country, $8,000 for same surgery in another. What an analysis like this always skips is the care that wasn't provided that should have been provided.