- Sep 12, 2008
- 14,201
- 3,567
- 185
Someone fisked the heck out of this a while ago. The numbers just don't jibe with reality.
Actual quality of care was only one of the measures. That is, you go in, see a doctor who fixes your problem, and go home. And it was weighted very low.
equality of care for all persons, even if the quality itself was pathetic, as is the case in Cuba, was valued higher. So if your health care system didn't do squat for anyone, but everyone suffered pretty much the same way, it gave you a higher ranking than if some folks got very well, some folks did pretty good, some folks did alright, and a small minority got the crumbs off the table, even if the ones who got the crumbs off the table got better care than anybody in the more equal society.
As the saying goes, figures don't like, but liars figure.