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I did not realize you said that American had worse heath outcomes and more deaths due to medical related errors despite costing 150% moreDo you actually take the time to read the links you post? They back up what I said.
I didn't. I said, responding to your claim about England spending half per capita (you actually said capital, which is the wrong term) than we do, "They also have a lower survival rate of serious illnesses than we do and wait far longer to get care when sick and suffering."
The United States is one of eight OECD countries in which
waiting times for elective surgery are reported to be low. Meanwhile, wait times are
considered a serious health policy issue in 12 OECD countries.83 In these 12
countries, wait times of 1 to 1½ months are common for procedures such as invasive
heart surgery, whereas wait times for procedures like hip or knee replacement cluster
around five months. In a recent survey, a quarter to a third of respondents in Canada,
the United Kingdom, and Australia reported waiting more than four months for a
non-emergency procedure, compared with only 5% of Americans.84
Wait times are usually tied to capacity of the health care system, with low
numbers of hospital beds and physicians typically associated with long wait times.
Interestingly, the United States is the exception to this rule: here, low levels of beds
and health care providers (Figures 15 and 22) have not been accompanied by long
wait times for elective surgery. International trends suggest that wait times are also
associated with low total health spending; however, the exception to this rule is
Japan, which spends only $2,249 on health per capita (compared with $6,102 in the
United States) yet does not have a wait time problem. Wait times are more common
in countries where physicians are paid by salary (such as in the United Kingdom)
instead of on a fee-for-service basis (as in the United States).85
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Cancer patients in Britain have a far worse chance of surviving than those in any other country in the developed world, a shocking study reveals today.
Researchers who studied data covering millions of patients in dozens of countries said their findings laid bare Britain's appalling record.
Five-year survival rates for early-stage breast cancer were only 78 per cent, against 97 per cent in the U.S. and 93 per cent across Europe.
Read more: Britain trails in cancer survival rates | Mail Online
What did I say exactly that was wrong?