hcap
11-01-2010, 06:19 PM
http://theincidentaleconomist.com/wordpress/how-do-we-rate-the-quality-of-the-us-health-care-system-%E2%80%93-conclusion/
Detailed statistics. Yes we are among the world leaders in medical technology, but that is about it.
http://theincidentaleconomist.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Executive-Series-Post-300x245.jpg
If you haven’t read the introduction, go back and read it now.
http://theincidentaleconomist.com/wordpress/how-do-we-rate-the-quality-of-the-us-health-care-system-introduction/
That introductory post also included links to all the posts in this series on how we can rate the quality of the US health care system. Each the pieces discussed another way to look at quality, and how the US compares to comparable countries in that domain.
I expected more arguments for this series than for the cost one did. After all, few dispute that we’re spending a lot of money on health care, but plenty of people think we’re loaded with quality. Quality is important, though, perhaps more important than cost. We can agree to spend a lot of money on health care, but you would hope that we’re getting our money’s worth.
And there’s the rub. If we’re going to spend way more than any other country on health care, then we should absolutely, positively have the best health care system in the world. We don’t. I don’t know how you could have read this series and still believe that we do:
Detailed statistics. Yes we are among the world leaders in medical technology, but that is about it.
http://theincidentaleconomist.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Executive-Series-Post-300x245.jpg
If you haven’t read the introduction, go back and read it now.
http://theincidentaleconomist.com/wordpress/how-do-we-rate-the-quality-of-the-us-health-care-system-introduction/
That introductory post also included links to all the posts in this series on how we can rate the quality of the US health care system. Each the pieces discussed another way to look at quality, and how the US compares to comparable countries in that domain.
I expected more arguments for this series than for the cost one did. After all, few dispute that we’re spending a lot of money on health care, but plenty of people think we’re loaded with quality. Quality is important, though, perhaps more important than cost. We can agree to spend a lot of money on health care, but you would hope that we’re getting our money’s worth.
And there’s the rub. If we’re going to spend way more than any other country on health care, then we should absolutely, positively have the best health care system in the world. We don’t. I don’t know how you could have read this series and still believe that we do: