-=> EARL CROASMUN wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE <=-

 ~>  EC> "Lower cost" is pretty obvious and pretty
irrelevant, since many of th
 ~>  EC> countries listed are third world countries where medical personnel can
 ~>  EC> be relatively affluent on a low income and would be unemployed if they
 ~>  EC> charged their patients very much.

 ~> Third world countries like France, Iceland, Japan, Switzerland, Finland,
 ~> England Sweden and others?

 EC> Again, in terms of overall goal attainment, the US came in #15.
 EC> Iceland was #16.  But Iceland did it with less money.  If you look at

Whoa, can't let that pass.
Iceland had one of if not THE  lowest morbidity outcomes from medical
procedures in the entire world.

In the 90's per 100,000 IIRC far surpassing the U.S. and most if not
all other nations.

Now you may not think surviving a medical procedure  a valid
criteria for assessing a nations national health care but I
think it's a pretty damned important one.



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