U.S. scores dead last again in healthcare study
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From: Cliff on 24 Jun 2010 05:02 http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65M0SU20100623?type=domesticNews&feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews "U.S. scores dead last again in healthcare study" [ Americans spend twice as much as residents of other developed countries on healthcare, but get lower quality, less efficiency and have the least equitable system, according to a report released on Wednesday. The United States ranked last when compared to six other countries -- Britain, Canada, Germany, Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand, the Commonwealth Fund report found. ..... The current report uses data from nationally representative patient and physician surveys in seven countries in 2007, 2008, and 2009. It is available here <http://www.commonwealthfund.org/Content/Publications/Fund-Reports/2010/Jun/Mirror-Mirror-Update.aspx.>. In 2007, health spending was $7,290 per person in the United States, more than double that of any other country in the survey. Australians spent $3,357, Canadians $3,895, Germans $3,588, the Netherlands $3,837 and Britons spent $2,992 per capita on health in 2007. New Zealand spent the least at $2,454. This is a big rise from the Fund's last similar survey, in 2007, which found Americans spent $6,697 per capita on healthcare in 2005, or 16 percent of gross domestic product. "We rank last on safety and do poorly on several dimensions of quality," Schoen told reporters. "We do particularly poorly on going without care because of cost. And we also do surprisingly poorly on access to primary care and after-hours care." .... Every other system covers all its citizens, the report noted and said the U.S. system, which leaves 46 million Americans or 15 percent of the population without health insurance, is the most unfair. "The lower the performance score for equity, the lower the performance on other measures. This suggests that, when a country fails to meet the needs of the most vulnerable, it also fails to meet the needs of the average citizen," the report reads. .... ] Lets all give the rethugs (the party of NO) a big hand for a job well done (for their cronies). I'll not suggest where to put that hand. -- Cliff
From: edspyhill01 on 24 Jun 2010 09:52 On Jun 24, 5:02 am, Cliff <Clhuprichguessw...(a)aoltmovetheperiodc.om> wrote: > http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65M0SU20100623?type=domesticNew.... > "U.S. scores dead last again in healthcare study" > [ > Americans spend twice as much as residents of other developed countries on > healthcare, but get lower quality, less efficiency and have the least equitable > system, according to a report released on Wednesday. > > The United States ranked last when compared to six other countries -- Britain, > Canada, Germany, Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand, the Commonwealth Fund > report found. > .... > The current report uses data from nationally representative patient and > physician surveys in seven countries in 2007, 2008, and 2009. It is available > here > <http://www.commonwealthfund.org/Content/Publications/Fund-Reports/201.....>. > > In 2007, health spending was $7,290 per person in the United States, more than > double that of any other country in the survey. > > Australians spent $3,357, Canadians $3,895, Germans $3,588, the Netherlands > $3,837 and Britons spent $2,992 per capita on health in 2007. New Zealand spent > the least at $2,454. > > This is a big rise from the Fund's last similar survey, in 2007, which found > Americans spent $6,697 per capita on healthcare in 2005, or 16 percent of gross > domestic product. > > "We rank last on safety and do poorly on several dimensions of quality," Schoen > told reporters. "We do particularly poorly on going without care because of > cost. And we also do surprisingly poorly on access to primary care and > after-hours care." > ... > Every other system covers all its citizens, the report noted and said the U.S. > system, which leaves 46 million Americans or 15 percent of the population > without health insurance, is the most unfair. > > "The lower the performance score for equity, the lower the performance on other > measures. This suggests that, when a country fails to meet the needs of the most > vulnerable, it also fails to meet the needs of the average citizen," the report > reads. > ... > ] > > Lets all give the rethugs (the party of NO) a big hand for a job well done > (for their cronies). > I'll not suggest where to put that hand. > -- > Cliff You are trying to stop the god-given American way of life - a Christian-driven miserable life.
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