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Re:Hospital prices are about to go public in the U.S. by StreamBright on Thursday December 27, 2018 @03:11AM (#18768217)
The US health care is optimised for the the p99, top 1% of the population who can afford anything. The other countries you mentioned optimise for the p50, the average person.
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Re:Hospital prices are about to go public in the U.S. by jclulow on Thursday December 27, 2018 @03:17AM (#18768243)
p50 would be the median, surely?
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Re:Hospital prices are about to go public in the U.S. by barrkel on Thursday December 27, 2018 @05:05AM (#18768631)
Technically, mean, median and mode are all averages. Handily, parent clarified what they meant.
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