Paramedic here. You don't -stay- in the ER. You're either treated and discharged, or stabilized and moved (to surgery, to ICU, admitted). The more beds available, the shorter the ER stay, the less wait time due to throughput.

We are middle of the pack or worse on doctors[0]. We are near the bottom when it comes to how many times we get to visit the doctors we do have[1]. I can't find a high score on anything besides "Potential years of life lost"[2], sad for us that isn't a good thing.

[0]https://data.oecd.org/healthres/doctors.htm

[1]https://data.oecd.org/healthcare/doctors-consultations.htm

[2]https://data.oecd.org/healthstat/potential-years-of-life-los...