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Re: \"Culture of Life\"
If 'we' did, i very much doubt you had anything to do with it.
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Re: \"Culture of Life\"
In 2003, the US spent 15.3 percent of its gdp on healthcare.
Health care spending accounted for 10.9 percent of the GDP in Switzerland, 10.7 percent in Germany, 9.7 percent in Canada and 9.5 percent in France, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. |
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Follow the trail
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In 2003, the US spent 15.3 percent of its gdp on healthcare. <font color="white"> . </font> Health care spending accounted for 10.9 percent of the GDP in Switzerland, 10.7 percent in Germany, 9.7 percent in Canada and 9.5 percent in France, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. [/ QUOTE ] That alone is not enough to gauge relative efficiency. Where does the money go in every country? What kind of infrastructure is it supporting? These are the questions one has to ask. So here are some more stats (from the 1990s, but the relative measures are equally valid today): Doctors' incomes: United States $132,300 Germany 91,244 Denmark 50,585 Finland 42,943 Norway 35,356 Sweden 25,768 Percent of population covered by public health care: France, Austria 99 Switzerland, Spain, Belgium 98 Germany 92 Netherlands 77 United States 40 Average paid maternity leave: Sweden 32 weeks France 28 United Kingdom 18 Norway 18 Denmark 18 Japan 14 Germany 14 Netherlands 12 United States 0 * * as of 1991; this changed with Clinton's signing of the 1993 Family and Medical Leave Act. (Source : "Where We Stand", by Michael Wolff, Peter Rutten, Albert Bayers III, and the World Rank Research Team, 1996.) |
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Re: \"Culture of Life\"
Your rudeness aside, I think "we" determined that infant mortality was not the end all statistic in evaluating national healthcare quality.
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