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jahnu
81 days ago
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Why American ambulance rides are so expensive
If you limit it to say the top 20 developed countries how does it look?
alistairSH
81 days ago
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Just a quick Google indicates the UK, Germany, US, and Japan all have urban response times in the ballpark of 10 minutes.
mothballed
81 days ago
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And even then they do worse than the average half brained private driver on trauma calls, since for many medical issues speed trumps capability.
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