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Canadian hospitalizations: more than Mexico but less than anywhere else

Yesterday I noted the low rate of hospitalization in Canada and especially Ontario.  Recent data  from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD -- an organization for the world's richest nations) indicates that Mexico in fact has the lowest rate of hospitalizations amongst the 34 OECD "economically developed" nations. Now whether Mexico is actually economically comparable to the USA, Japan, Europe, etc. is another question.  But if we do include Mexico, Canada is the second lowest amongst the 34 OECD "economically developed" countries. Based on 2008 data, the average number of discharges per 100 population was 8.4 in Canada.  The average for all 34 of the OECD nations was practically double that -- 15.7  As noted yesterday, Ontario has the lowest level of hospitalizations of all the provinces in Canada.   We are not  quite at Mexican levels, but we are getting there. HEALTH CARE ACTIVITIES D