{"id":2353,"date":"2010-06-23T11:19:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-23T11:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/u-s-scores-dead-last-again.html"},"modified":"2016-09-21T09:41:03","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T13:41:03","slug":"u-s-scores-dead-last-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2353","title":{"rendered":"U.S. scores dead last. Again."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Nice. I don’t know about you, but I had heard over and over that the U.S. has the best healthcare system on Earth, nay, in this part of the galaxy!!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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This study shows the data, and says that that is just wrong.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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The current report uses data from nationally representative patient and physician surveys in seven countries in 2007, 2008, and 2009.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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In 2007, health spending was $7,290 per person in the United States, more than double that of any other country in the survey.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Australians spent $3,357, Canadians $3,895, Germans $3,588, the Netherlands $3,837 and Britons spent $2,992 per capita on health in 2007. New Zealand spent the least at $2,454.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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But Americans get less service for more money, according to the Commonwealth Fund’s Cathy Schoen.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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“We rank last on safety and do poorly on several dimensions of quality<\/i>,” Schoen told reporters. “We do particularly poorly on going without care because of cost. And we also do surprisingly poorly on access to primary care and after-hours care.<\/i>“<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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Here is the train wreck of a report:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

U.S. scores dead last again in healthcare study | Reuters<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Bookmark<\/a>For more information: Click here to visit Will Clower’s website. <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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