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IME yes. Particularly lighting speed of diagnostics - which is hard to fathom when coming from the UK system.
No experience of ER vs A&E.
The JH study looks robust, but without a decent comparison for the UK it isn't that helpful. For eg this includes adverse drug reactions:
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/news/nr/200-million-medication-errors-occur-nhs-every-year-1.765781http://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/Health-systems/patient-safety/data-and-statistics
t-v's point on beds is also important. Although figs seem hard to obtain it looks like it's about 6.6 vs 28 per 100K. Which is a lot. Like everything in the US there is of course huge regional variation.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00134-012-2627-8My overall point was about not getting too smug about potential deaths in the US. Which I stand by.
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My overall point was about not getting too smug about potential deaths in the US
Definitely wasn't getting smug about US deaths, I have family out there. I'm worried a lack of paid sick leave and health insurance will cause serious issues that go beyond the medical repercussions of a pandemic. People will be bankrupted or left with crippling medical bills.
Tonts
You sure? https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/22/medical-errors-third-leading-cause-of-death-in-america.html
Edit: Link to actual study: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/study_suggests_medical_errors_now_third_leading_cause_of_death_in_the_us