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Submitted by Spinal Cord Inj... on Thu, 06/24/2010 - 21:00
US Health Care System Performance
Sometimes its easy to ignore how bad the US health care system really is. Unfortunately for those with a SCI, it is a daily reality that cannot be ignored. The worst part is how much we have to pay for the substandard care we do receive. With disabled unemployment at all time highs and most disabled people living at/below the poverty line, it is easy to understand the disturbing rankings in the graphic from the study below--last place in both "Equity" and "Long, Healthy, Productive Lives".
Sometimes its easy to ignore how bad the US health care system really is. Unfortunately for those with a SCI, it is a daily reality that cannot be ignored. The worst part is how much we have to pay for the substandard care we do receive. With disabled unemployment at all time highs and most disabled people living at/below the poverty line, it is easy to understand the disturbing rankings in the graphic from the study below--last place in both "Equity" and "Long, Healthy, Productive Lives".
"Despite having the
most costly health system in the world, the United
States consistently underperforms on most dimensions of performance,
relative to other countries."
"Compared with six other nations—Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom—the U.S. health care system ranks last or next-to-last on five dimensions of a high performance health system: quality, access, efficiency, equity, and healthy lives."
"Compared with six other nations—Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom—the U.S. health care system ranks last or next-to-last on five dimensions of a high performance health system: quality, access, efficiency, equity, and healthy lives."
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