The statistics are different in the UK because the definitions of hospitalizations used by the NHS and the US private healthcare hodge-podge are different. Ind

The statistics are different in the UK because the definitions of hospitalizations used by the NHS and the US private healthcare hodge-podge are different. Indeed, the NHS defines hospital admission to include day patients and outpatients (https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/hospitals/going-into-hospital/going-into-hospital-as-a-patient/ https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/hospitals/going-into-hospita...), whereas in the US outpatient care generally doesn't qualify as a hospital admission (https://www.lawinsider.com/dictionary/hospital-admission https://www.lawinsider.com/dictionary/hospital-admission). You can't compare the two statistics much less claim you were deceived without taking into account the difference in the meaning of the numbers. You have to address all the possible asterisks before you jump to conclusions. It's fine to say "I cannot come to a conclusion because this data is unclear". Especially when you are directly comparing statistics from different sources.