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A good citation can be found in the one you provided: Under Key findings: Its main weakness is health care outcomes. The UK appears to perform less well than
by bodono 8y ago
A good citation can be found in the one you provided:
Under Key findings:
Its main weakness is health care outcomes. The UK appears to perform less well than similar countries on the overall rate at which people die when successful medical care
could have saved their lives.
Among its strengths, the NHS does better than health systems in comparable countries at protecting people from heavy financial costs when they are ill. People in the UK are also less likely than in other countries to be put off from seeking medical help due to costs.
So: main strength - cheap, main weakness - health care outcomes!
It's no surprise that fewer people in the UK skip medical care due to costs when it's (close to) free. The problem is that the health care is bad when you get it (according to your own provided document)!
- mattlondon 8y agoNowhere in that report does it say it is "garbage", as you suggest it is. Yes it is not as good as some other wealthy countries, but it is by no means "garbage", e.g. on page 35: "The results show that although the UK does well by global standards, it performs poorly compared with the other developed countries in our comparison group". "..does well by global standards.." completely contradicts the idea that it is "garbage". There are some interesting comments in the document suggesting that some of the health outcomes might actually be social which was news to me an quite interesting - e.g. the british "stiff upper lip"/"keep calm and carry on" might be causing people to defer medical help, or that the large income disparity could be skewing it. Interesting & worrying stuff.
- bodono 8y agoDoes well by global standards?! Yes, we should definitely be comparing our healthcare system to those found in places like the Congo. It has bad healthcare outcomes and costs a lot for them, that is bad, don't get hung up on the single word 'garbage', it's called hyperbole.