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What about spare capacity that US medical system possess as opposed to say neighboring Canada? Otherwise, all points are valid.
by AzzieElbab 7y ago
What about spare capacity that US medical system possess as opposed to say neighboring Canada? Otherwise, all points are valid.
- claudeganon 7y agoThey're actually worse off (ranked 36th vs. US' 32nd) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_OECD_countries_by_hospital_beds https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_OECD_countries_by_hosp... Here are the full stats: https://stats.oecd.org/index.aspx?queryid=30183 https://stats.oecd.org/index.aspx?queryid=30183
- OJFord 7y agoI think you're agreeing with GP? Who's saying that the US has more spare capacity than Canada. But also, #beds per capita isn't the same as spare capacity.
- claudeganon 7y agoThey edited their comment. It was a more general question of comparable rates before.
- AzzieElbab 7y agoSee, this is where the stats are wrong. Example; https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/daily-bed-census-doesn-t-show-full-extent-of-hall-medicine-problem-1.5003586 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/daily-bed-census-does...