[OC] Proportion of out-of-pocket expenses in total per-capita healthcare spending by country in 2022

6 comments

1. Did you notice that you have the larger number first on your legend? Also, why are the bands such odd numbers?

2. Tagging OC while just stealing from Statista is bold

3. What is out of pocket spending? Or maybe better to ask, what *isn’t* out of pocket? It all comes out of *someone’s* pocket, right?

   But seriously, I assume this doesn’t include insurance premiums, tax/medicare/caid withholdings, or lost wages, yea?

4. This graph is misleading.

   21% of 100,000 USD is different than 21% of 10,000 EUR.

5. This is an interesting graph.

   The reason the US looks on par with most European countries (and better than southern European countries) is Americans make more money than other people.

6. If premiums aren’t included in out of pocket expenses then this graph is useless at best and misleading at worst.

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