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> well funded public service There is. The US spends more per capita on socialized medicine than any of the countries that actually have socialized medicine.[0
by willcipriano 3y ago
> well funded public service
There is. The US spends more per capita on socialized medicine than any of the countries that actually have socialized medicine.[0]
[0]https://data.oecd.org/healthres/health-spending.htm https://data.oecd.org/healthres/health-spending.htm
A P.S. for the "but the wait times!" crowd, look at the first chart then check out hospital beds, again per capita[1]
[1]https://data.oecd.org/healtheqt/hospital-beds.htm https://data.oecd.org/healtheqt/hospital-beds.htm
- zeroonetwothree 3y agoWhat does hospital beds have to do with wait times? Perhaps you have data on that?
- willcipriano 3y agoWe are middle of the pack or worse on doctors[0]. We are near the bottom when it comes to how many times we get to visit the doctors we do have[1]. I can't find a high score on anything besides "Potential years of life lost"[2], sad for us that isn't a good thing. [0]https://data.oecd.org/healthres/doctors.htm https://data.oecd.org/healthres/doctors.htm [1]https://data.oecd.org/healthcare/doctors-consultations.htm https://data.oecd.org/healthcare/doctors-consultations.htm [2]https://data.oecd.org/healthstat/potential-years-of-life-lost.htm https://data.oecd.org/healthstat/potential-years-of-life-los...
- FireBeyond 3y agoParamedic here. You don't -stay- in the ER. You're either treated and discharged, or stabilized and moved (to surgery, to ICU, admitted). The more beds available, the shorter the ER stay, the less wait time due to throughput.