You can file a personal injury claim if you have been hurt in an accident that wasn’t your fault. If your claim goes through, you can receive compensation from the party responsible for your injury. There are numerous types of personal injuries, and not all of them are eligible for compensation. Healthcare varies across the world, and some countries experience far more injury claims than others. How do healthcare costs vary in different countries? Injury claim specialists, National Accident Helpline, carried out some research into the cost of healthcare across the world. They started by looking at the expense of medical treatment for a broken leg in various countries. They found that the USA is the most expensive country in the world to treat a broken leg, at a whopping £25,550. It will cost 7.5 times more to treat a broken leg in the USA than in the UK, at just £3,363. Spain also ranked highly with a total cost of £15,000 for a fractured leg. However, the UAE, Argentina, and India have some of the lowest medical expenses for a broken leg in the world. Treatment for a fractured leg in the UEA came in at just £2,094.
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