Numbers may be slightly different in other countries, but what it means is that if you go to a doctor in the US, you have a not-insignificant chance to be subjected to a surgical intervention without there being an immediate need for it.
Brojevi se mogu malo razlikovati u drugim zemljama, ali to znači da ako idete liječniku u SAD-u, velike su šanse da će vam se nuditi operacija, iako ne postoji nasušna potreba za time.