statistics; this may also lead the data to be not completely representative. in terms of health care supply, france has far more doctors per capita than the u.k., australia, new zealand, and the u.s. this suggests that while french patients in some cases have similar to current waiting times to the first 3 countries, the number of patients who receive appointments and treatment is significantly higher than in the u.k., australia and new zealand (whose global budgets for hospitals also likely capped the supply at lower levels). it is also relevant that while american, swiss and german patients generally reported short waits, a significant minority of american patients reported waiting longer than 4 weeks for a specialist appointment (about 20%), and longer than 1 month for elective surgery (30%).