Healthcare prices aren't only high for emergency care, so it shows that the emergency nature of the work isn't the issue. I'm sure doing a statistical regressi

Healthcare prices aren't only high for emergency care, so it shows that the emergency nature of the work isn't the issue. I'm sure doing a statistical regression would show roughly what percentage of the issue is due to it, but I would expect it to be very low given the prices of things like medication needed on an ongoing basis where one could shop around, if it was legal to do so. One can also look at elective or non-emergency surgeries, especially those where people use medical tourism to find cheaper options. That is an extreme form of shopping around, which they have to do because more local forms of shopping around are legally banned.