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As with many things the best model to look at is Singapore, which spends far less than most of the OECD with outsized results. They spend half as much on health
by sickofparadox 2y ago
As with many things the best model to look at is Singapore, which spends far less than most of the OECD with outsized results. They spend half as much on healthcare than the UK and far, far less than the US with results that often put them in the top 5 for healthcare outcomes.
- FredPret 2y agoYes but it’s also the size of a medium-sized city. It’s easy to imagine a small, rich region in the US / Canada / UK running its own system and doing well at it. The scale of caring for an entire country is a challenge onto itself.
- bryanlarsen 2y agoAlberta is the richest province in Canada and has a population half the size of Singapore. That doesn't seem to be helping them.
- FredPret 2y agoFunny enough, I actually live in Alberta. My personal experience with the healthcare here is actually amazing. But I’m in Calgary. There’s still a big, expensive challenge in providing care in the tiny towns. Alberta is pretty much infinitely large compared to Singapore. Another aspect is that some of Alberta’s money goes to subsidize other provinces which is something else Singapore doesn’t have.
- sickofparadox 2y agoThey also do many things so radically different that it is always worth looking at how they handle it, especially given that 70 years ago they essentially had nothing but the remains of a post-war colonial city.
- FredPret 2y agoIt’s certainly always worth learning from others; just making a point about statistical comparisons. Just because the US, Norway, and Singapore are all categorized as countries doesn’t mean you can compare their stats directly without adding some asterisks for further context each time you do it.