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Yes, considering that per capita Canada has more money than Japan and spends more on healthcare? I think total population density is misleading when Canada’s population is very concentrated in a few cities.

I accept that Japan has the most MRI machines per capita in the entire world, but the question is why is that? It could be economy of scale, but that doesn’t explain why Japan is such an outlier globally



>Yes, considering that per capita Canada has more money than Japan and spends more on healthcare?

Canada spends about 2% more, or 100$ more per capita: https://img.datawrapper.de/IzkJn/full.png

You think spending 2% more will result in comparable healthcare to a country with 870% higher population density?

> I think total population density is misleading when Canada’s population is very concentrated in a few cities.

Ah yes of course, because you can just abandon those who don't live in the few cities.

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It's almost like this is a complex issue you can't simplify by examining one dimension at a time, but even if for a second you smoke test this idea by singling out population density, it's absurd to expect similar outcomes.




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