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Re:Hospital prices are about to go public in the U.S. by TwoHeadedBeast on Thursday December 27, 2018 @05:28AM (#18768699)
NHS spending is £2892 per person/year, that's quite a bit lower.
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Re:Hospital prices are about to go public in the U.S. by bboreham on Thursday December 27, 2018 @07:08AM (#18769014)
Interesting, this paper gives £2256 (table 2) https://www.health.org.uk/sites/default/files/AutumnBudgetWh...

This page gives $4246: https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collection/health-...

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Re:Hospital prices are about to go public in the U.S. by peteretep on Thursday December 27, 2018 @06:48AM (#18768937)
Huh, that's much lower than I thought.
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Re:Hospital prices are about to go public in the U.S. by DanBC on Thursday December 27, 2018 @06:51AM (#18768951)
There's a bit of complication because we're comparing one system with not much insurance with a different system that has a lot of insurance.

Here's a nice run through of the numbers.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42950587

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