1) The data considers all costs including emergency room visits for all 
countries
2) The denominator is population census data which in most OECD countries 
would include refugees and illegal aliens.

Dirk

On Thursday, July 14, 2022 at 1:11:08 PM UTC-7 [email protected] wrote:

> Well assuming the accuracy of the graph, I would factor in the money spent 
> on emergency room visits, which since the 1980's those who are deemed 
> unable to pay for treatment medical bills are written off.
> Your Rights in the Emergency Room (webmd.com) 
> <https://www.webmd.com/special-reports/er-violations/20181129/patients-rights-in-the-emergency-room>
>  
>

> Also, I wonder whether one factors in population size of various nations, 
> including legal immigrants and illegal. As of today for example, the 
> governor of California signed in a new law mandating medical care for 
> undocumented migrants.
> California will be the first state to offer health care to all 
> undocumented immigrants (msn.com) 
> <https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/california-will-be-the-first-state-to-offer-health-care-to-all-undocumented-immigrants/ar-AAZ5A3T>
>
> We'll get to see how this unfolds? 
>
>
>

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