Re: Productivity - Norway leads the table.

On Sep 7, 5:09 pm, Joerg <notthisjoerg...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
MooseFET wrote:

[...]

Overall, people actually tend to live longer lives in Europe.

Any links? But you may be right, many people in the US have a problem
with obesity and lack of exercise.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9053-2/index1.html

Quote "They developed specific standards, or quality indicators, ...".
Hmm, pretty vague here. For me, outcome is more important. For example
if someone gets cancer, what the survival rate is.

http://www.who.int/whr/2000/media_centre/press_release/en/index.html

I was hoping to find a list of average life expectancies by country but
I am sure it exists somewhere ;-)

I thought it was on the OECD website somewhere, but a quick search
didn't find it. The closest I know of is:

http://www.mrdowling.com/800life.html
(but I can't vouch for the figures)

However, one very interesting survey of the Japanese system is
available free online and may be of interest as a completely different
public service model with one of the highest life expectancy outcomes
of any country on the planet. They have a relatively healthy diet, but
males drink and smoke far too much and still manage to live longer
than anyone else. There are quirks in the OECD survey. It looks to me
like the researchers have never lived or worked in Japan from some of
their comments. All rooms in Japan are tiny by Western standards.

http://titania.sourceoecd.org/vl=22877280/cl=21/nw=1/rpsv/workingpapers/18151981/wp_5lgsjhvj7r9x.htm

The most obvious bias is that everybody wants to be average. So that
despite being much healthier than any other nation on the planet only
42% claim good health (mild hypochondria and over prescribing is a
feature in Japan). By comparison 91% of US citizens claim very good
health despite around 30% of them being clinically obese.

The effective cost of treatment with age makes sobering reading. What
happens in the USA when you stop being employed and covered by
employers medical insurance? The most expensive medical procedures
tend to be needed at age 75+. Insurance is a business so how do they
make it pay?

So, what's your life expectancy in the USA if you get seriously sick and don't have a private medical insurance policy ?
That's something like 25% of the US population.

The serioulsy sick are always treated, whether they are covered or not.
It's the law and hospitals stick to that law.

Hospitals skirt the law a lot:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5298034

Yes, that story went around the nation. It does happen, once even in our
neck of the woods, but it's not that widespread.

It seems to be pretty poor in the US from the few cases I have known.
A colleagues newborn child was effectively left to die by the hospital
until he was able to find the specific clause in his medical insurance
policy for special air evacuation to a major regional hospital capable
of full neonatal intensive care. They were much more concerned about
getting paid than saving lives. This anecdote is reflected in the new
born death rate in the USA (in the OECD survey).

I worry when travelling over there what happens if I get injured in a
mugging and lose my wallet with cash, credit cards and medical
insurance.

Regards,
Martin Brown

.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: DIRTY AIR IN AMERICA! BUSH KILLS 4000 AMERICANS, MORE DIE THAN 911!
    ... health - anything else would make us a failure as citizens and parents. ... Bush's rollback of the Clean Air Act is only one of over 50 changes ... revisions to the federal air quality standards for particulates. ... They find that particles inflict great harm, from asthma attacks, to ...
    (alt.guitar.amps)
  • Re: Study the TMJ/TMD cases involving attorneys
    ... and medical professionals to be "diagnosed"? ... millions of people are without any medical insurance. ... health and dental care or they don't have enough. ...
    (sci.med.dentistry)
  • Hes "the Change we can Believe," theyd say. But its their LOGIC we cant. Another Something for Not
    ... medical coverage becomes one of the LEADING CAUSES for personal ... rather take the Cash in their hands than pay for a medical insurance ... I know of a guy who broke his hand but didn't have insurance ... consumers if we let the Health Care Industry divide and conquer us! ...
    (alt.politics.bush)
  • Re: Excellent Article
    ... >your health, and your family's support, that you'd be back in your ... >for people who buy battery-operated vehicles for their kids to drive ... died last year because they didn't have medical insurance. ... >:You may not care about them, ...
    (misc.writing)
  • Re: Productivity - Norway leads the table.
    ... You pay roughly 3% of your salary into a social ... medical insurance coverage that comes as an employment benefit. ... Its in most of the general health surveys. ...
    (sci.electronics.design)
Loading