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No, this is about basic readiness for a number of contagions that are endemic to the region, which should be prominent on a list of healthcare priorities. Nine

No, this is about basic readiness for a number of contagions that are endemic to the region, which should be prominent on a list of healthcare priorities. Nine years is a considerable time to be able to fix many of the problems you mention. After all those billions of dollars in aid, where is the infrastructure? Education? Compare to post WWII Japan or Korea... And a comparison to the NHS behemoth - a model of mismanagement, waste, and inefficiency - is not a good one.

lotsofmangos 12y ago
Ebola isn't endemic to Liberia and on health outcomes for money spent per head, the NHS is considered to be one of the most efficient health care systems in the world, according to the people who actually measure these things rather than just spouting off stuff they think might be true.
- fractallyte 12y ago
  The people who measure these things would probably disagree with you. A small, random, selection: https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/2007/system-failure-private-eye-report-into-nhs-it https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/2007/system-failure-pri... http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/Health/article1298986.ece http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/Health/arti... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-12338984 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-12338984
  - lotsofmangos 12y ago
    One computer system overspend, the opinion of Jeremy Hunt, and a report saying half a percent of the budget could be saved by being more careful when buying stuff like office supplies. I note that none of those things is a comparison of NHS with other health systems. These are though: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8877412/NHS-among-best-health-care-systems-in-the-world.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8877412/NHS-amo... http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2014/06/16/once-again-u-s-has-most-expensive-least-effective-health-care-system-in-survey/# http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2014/06... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10375877 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10375877 http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/42050/1/How_the_NHS_measures_up_to_other_health_systems_%28LSERO%29.pdf http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/42050/1/How_the_NHS_measures_up_to_... http://shr.sagepub.com/content/2/7/60.abstract http://shr.sagepub.com/content/2/7/60.abstract The worst recent estimate I could find was Bloomberg, who had the UK as 10th out of 51 countries studied, with the US coming in at 41st. http://www.bloomberg.com/visual-data/best-and-worst/most-efficient-health-care-2014-countries http://www.bloomberg.com/visual-data/best-and-worst/most-eff...

lotsofmangos 12y ago

Ebola isn't endemic to Liberia and on health outcomes for money spent per head, the NHS is considered to be one of the most efficient health care systems in the world, according to the people who actually measure these things rather than just spouting off stuff they think might be true.

fractallyte 12y ago
The people who measure these things would probably disagree with you. A small, random, selection: https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/2007/system-failure-private-eye-report-into-nhs-it https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/2007/system-failure-pri... http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/Health/article1298986.ece http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/Health/arti... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-12338984 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-12338984
- lotsofmangos 12y ago
  One computer system overspend, the opinion of Jeremy Hunt, and a report saying half a percent of the budget could be saved by being more careful when buying stuff like office supplies. I note that none of those things is a comparison of NHS with other health systems. These are though: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8877412/NHS-among-best-health-care-systems-in-the-world.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8877412/NHS-amo... http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2014/06/16/once-again-u-s-has-most-expensive-least-effective-health-care-system-in-survey/# http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2014/06... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10375877 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10375877 http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/42050/1/How_the_NHS_measures_up_to_other_health_systems_%28LSERO%29.pdf http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/42050/1/How_the_NHS_measures_up_to_... http://shr.sagepub.com/content/2/7/60.abstract http://shr.sagepub.com/content/2/7/60.abstract The worst recent estimate I could find was Bloomberg, who had the UK as 10th out of 51 countries studied, with the US coming in at 41st. http://www.bloomberg.com/visual-data/best-and-worst/most-efficient-health-care-2014-countries http://www.bloomberg.com/visual-data/best-and-worst/most-eff...