Posted on 07/14/2017 7:55:45 AM PDT by Ennis85
A comparison of health systems in 11 wealthy nations has found the US falling short by multiple measures, while the UK’s National Health Service leads in several categories.
“We measured performance quality across five domains, and the USA fell short in all five,” says Eric Schneider of the Commonwealth Fund think tank in Washington DC. The domains were ease of access to healthcare, how equal access is to people of different incomes, administrative efficiency, how well the care process works for people who use it, and how good the health outcomes are.
The analysis included data from sources including the World Health Organization, the OECD, and questionnaires completed by people and their doctors in the 11 countries examined, which also included Australia, Canada, Germany and Sweden.
Overall, the US ranked last, although it ranked fifth in the care process category. The UK came top overall, but ranked tenth for healthcare outcomes – how well patients fare after treatment.
Unequal access
The US fell particularly short when it came to access to healthcare. The study found that in the US, 44 per cent of people on low incomes have difficulty accessing healthcare, and even 26 per cent of those on high incomes report access problems. The equivalent figures in the UK are only 7 and 4 per cent. “A higher-earning person in the US is more likely to meet cost barriers than a low-income person in the UK,” says Schneider.
The report says that, since President Obama’s Affordable Care Act (ACA) had been introduced, there has been some improvement, with access to healthcare coverage being extended to more than 20 million extra people in the US.
“The ACA has helped make major strides in coverage and access to care in the US, particularly for lower-income Americans,” says Benjamin Sommers
(Excerpt) Read more at newscientist.com ...
Ask little Charlie Gard and his parents about that.....
Best at turning away patients needing treatment? Best at leaving patients unattended on gurneys in the hall ways because of lack of bed space? Best at not treating elderly patients?
*...The study found that in the US, 44 per cent of people on low incomes have difficulty accessing healthcare...*
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In the US, NO ONE can be turned away from emergency room care....
Best for whom?
Best for the administrators and bureaucrats?
Yeah, I want to go to the DMV and get my healthcare from their drones. [eyeroll]
We don’t have a healthcare “system”, and things are just fine that way. Hidden beneath the headline is that fact that the top system, the NHS, came in tenth for patient outcomes. I’ll take the better quality of care over providing shoddy care equally to everyone.
* 100% of lieberals have difficulty assessing healthcare.
“The ACA has helped make major strides in coverage and access to care in the US, particularly for lower-income Americans...”
Because Medicaid is such a wonderful health insurance program which guarantees full access, the best doctors, and the most advanced therapies. /src
So our poor health care is why the rich elites in the UK/Canada/EuroTrash Countries/South America/??, fly to the USA for some really poor health care and are willing to pay whatever for their poor treatment.
Remember folks, we’re now living under obamacare.
‘Scandal of dirty hospitals: 43,000 patients struck down by deadly superbugs on NHS wards last year
In the past three years the NHS has been forced to pay out an astonishing £20million to people who contracted the infections while on a ward’
[This is the tip of the iceberg. As many patients in the NHS—42,000—die annually of thirst. I.e.: water is withheld until their kidneys fail. Then there are those who actually die of bedsores. It goes on and on.]
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/nhs-superbugs-43000-patients-struck-1412556
Bingo. The U.K. Has a legitimate death panel. The executioner won’t even let the parents spend their own money on care. The EU can keep it.
Sadly, I agree.
We’re great at technology and creating drugs to treat symptoms - instead of promoting health
Our current crony-capitalism-FDA-revolving-door-AMA system renders everything overly expensive and prevents competition.
Doesn’t mean the others are perfect...
From where I sit there were seven free clinics within thirty five miles prior to Obamacare. Those clinics still exist. In effect Obamacare destroyed the world’s best health care system because now doctors seem as scarce as hen’s teeth.
Obamacare is an utter disaster. Worst healthcare system in the world.
Satan the deceiver.
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