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> The EU has twice as many doctors per capita as we do Just as an FYI, it's often better to look at specific EU countries, as the health systems vary a lot, an
by disgruntledphd2 5y ago
> The EU has twice as many doctors per capita as we do
Just as an FYI, it's often better to look at specific EU countries, as the health systems vary a lot, and one probably doesn't want to compare Bulgaria (as a poorer country) with Germany.
- Mikeb85 5y agoBulgaria has about 1.6 times more doctors per capita as Canada (4 versus 2.5 or so). Just saying...
- disgruntledphd2 5y agoYeah, but my point (and I kinda knew someone would give me flack for the examples) was that there's a massive disparity between different EU countries, so comparing Canada to an EU-average (15, 28, 27?) is unlikely to prove useful.
- Mikeb85 5y agoIt's useful for Canadians to know that the rhetoric coming from our politicians is garbage. Most Canadians buy into the propaganda that we have a world-class health system but the truth is, even the poorest EU countries have better healthcare than we do and the best are miles ahead.
- disgruntledphd2 5y agoYeah, but if you actually want to make decisions based on it, then you shouldn't use an unrepresentative average. Like Ireland (where I live) is far, far closer to the US model than Germany (as an example). EU-level averages disguise such variations, which are useful to understand.