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by rahimnathwani on Saturday December 21, 2019 @01:07AM
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Because it’s much more difficult.
The mean can be calculated from the total: just divide by the population. That’s what the commenter to whom you replied did. The total was probably easy to estimate, as the largest healthcare providers’ revenues are in their public filings.
Calculating the median requires individual data. That is much harder to get because, in many cases, no one except the patient has the data.
The mean can be calculated from the total: just divide by the population. That’s what the commenter to whom you replied did. The total was probably easy to estimate, as the largest healthcare providers’ revenues are in their public filings.
Calculating the median requires individual data. That is much harder to get because, in many cases, no one except the patient has the data.