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by Jim in a Nautilus COAT on September 20th, 2009

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Ranking: U.S. 1st in health care spending, 37th in health. When Cons insist we're number one, are they talking about how much money we funnel to private, for profit corporations that donate huge sums to Republicon causes? See LINK:

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  • by Friendo on September 20th, 2009

    Friendo

    In May 2007, The Commonwealth Fund released an updated report on the performance of American health care compared to five other nations, including Australia, Canada, Germany, New Zealand and United Kingdom. It measured how the countries perform in several key health care dimensions: quality of care (including sub-categories of right (or effective) care, safe care, coordinated care and patient-centered care), access, efficiency, equity, healthy lives and health expenditure per capita (in 2004). Despite having the highest per capita expenditure ($6,102) of the six countries, the U.S. ranked last or next-to-last in every dimension except for one, right care, in which it ranked first.

    Despite our top ranking in right care, which is a measure of provision and receipt of preventive care, The Commonwealth Fund found that other countries use information technology and a team approach toward managing and coordinating care better than we do.

    In access to care, Germany ranked first, where patients reported that they were able to access care on nights and weekends, and primary care practices were able to arrange for patients to receive care when they were closed.

    In efficiency, the U.K. ranked first, and the U.S. ranked last. Specifically, our administrative costs, national health expenditures, use of information technology and multidisciplinary teams ranked low compared to other countries.

    In equity, the U.S. came in last again, where below-average-income Americans were much more likely than their counterparts in other countries to have affordable access to care. In fact, more than 40% of low-income adults reported that they went without care in the past year (2006) due to costs.

    In healthy lives, Australia ranked first, and the U.S. came in last, where we scored poorly on all three indicators. For example, the U.S. (and the U.K.) had higher death rates in 1998 that were “amenable to medical care,” and which were 25%-50% higher than in Canada or Australia.

    Compared with the other countries in the survey, the U.S. is the only one that does not have universal health coverage, a characteristic that, not surprisingly, contributes to its low ranking in access to care and equity of care.

    Original Source: The Commonwealth Fund

    URL: http://commonwealthfund.org/Content/Publications/Fund-Reports/2007/May/Mirror--Mirror-on-the-Wall--An-International-Update-on-the-Comparative-Performance-of-American-Healt.aspx

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  • by randomness - is now a Maestro on September 20th, 2009

    randomness - is now a Maestro

    I think, unfortunately, lots of people from the US actually do believe that they have the world's best health-care... From my experience, they'll continue to believe it, even when evidence is provided to the contrary. These tend to be the people who insist that the US is number one in everything. Unfortunately, I don't think there is much that can be done about them.

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  • by Moongrim on September 20th, 2009

    Moongrim

    Typical Republican Jingoism.

    when faced with reality, counter it with a catch phrase.

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  • by RosieGHM Jetpacker on September 20th, 2009

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    I'm pretty sure that is what we euphemistically call "creative" writing..they get it from the same place they get "the American people don't want health care reform". We need these guys writing for TV..kick off those half-baked reality shows and get in stuff that is really imaginative! :)

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  • by thatsJustme on September 20th, 2009

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    that 1st in healthcare spending is what the 'government 'spends not the individuals that pay their own health ins. and huge costs!!!!aside from the taxes we already pay for medicaid, chips, state hospitals, etc....
    the government doesn't SPEND our money RIGHT....
    this is government ranking ..not private tax paying citizens...if they spent our taxes right in the first place their 'health care' spending ranks would not be so low and in debt , OUR DEBT...

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