On Thu, 17 May 2007 11:17:26 +1000, "dechucka"
wrote:
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>http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21737345-29277,00.html
>Australia ranks midway in health tables
> a.. By Jane Bunce
> b.. May 15, 2007
>AUSTRALIA'S health system is vastly superior to the US but the nation has a
>lot to learn from Germany and the UK, an international study has found.
>The US-based Commonwealth Fund released a report in New York today that
>analysed the health systems of six OECD countries.
>
>Overall, Australia came in third, behind Germany and the United Kingdom but
>in front of New Zealand, Canada and the United States..
>
>
Behing Germany and the UK? Blimey.
Let me put it this way.
In the past five years I have been diagnosed with leukemia,
type 2 diabetes and hypogammaglobulinemia to add to my
periodontal disease (no - I'm not dead yet:-) I've also
travelled the world through 20 countries and 20 US States
(see blog).
I'm retired and spend too much time each day on
international diabetes newsgroups and forums and on a
US-based leukemia list. My in-laws are medical doctors in
Germany.
All that means that I have a very, very good idea of the
differences in health systems in Australia, the USA and
Europe. Including quality of care, levels of expertise and
knowledge, availability to all of hospital care and
medications, and costs and economic availability of all of
those aspects to the wider population. I see daily the
different disputes between "free" care in Europe - but often
severely limited by costs - and the insurance nightmare in
the USA where wonderful care is available to any who can
afford it.
With all of our shortcomings in our hospitals and rural
health, I give thanks every day that I am an Australian
Citizen and live in the blend of public/private care that I
do.
If I ever actually get ill, this is the country I want to be
in when it occurs.
Cheers, Alan, Australia
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