the-pi-guy said:
But other countries have great hospitals too. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Margaret_Cancer_Centre This is one of the leading cancer centers in the world, and it's in Canada. So where's the evidence that a Canadian billionaire would rather come to the US, when they've already got one of the best hospitals? The fact of the matter is, is that what makes for the "best hospitals" is actually very complicated. One hospital might have the best cancer results in the world by a tenth of a percent, another might have the highest average results, another might have the best diabetes treatments in the world. Plenty of things that seem like common sense to be true, are actually incredibly false. |
Of course, other first world countries also have great hospitals, but it's usually a single one that specializes in a certain area. Even the specialization of Princess Margaret, there is still a US based hospital that bests it on the metrics PMCC judges itself on (although, it's still excellent, so you're splitting hairs for this direct comparison). As for the Canadian billionaire question, it's a case by case thing. They'll go to whatever hospital the specialist or surgeon operates out of. That works in the US's favor as they pay more on average and are more willing to spend on R&D.
Of course, "Best in the world" can be hard to measure. It was more of a general statement meaning that US based hospitals and surgeons would have the most representation in the top 10 of every major care category than any other country.
