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I might still will watch something that makes that mistake, especially if I appreciate the previous history of the mistake maker. In this case, it's a first person experience that jives with what I know since I know a few Canadians and have plenty of US emergency room experience.
So other factors are probably responsible.
>>With 1.6 physicians per 1000 population in 2012, China had much fewer doctors per capita than the OECD average (3.2 physicians). The number of nurses per capita in China (1.8 nurses per 1000 population in 2012) is also much lower than the OECD average (8.8 nurses).
As for the affordability of dental services, would you say that's an argument for deregulation and lowering of mandatory quality standards?
That explains why the public spending on healthcare is less - less doctors/nurses per capita, together with far less pay for doctors/nurses. the 1.6 doctors per 1000 population vs 3.2 in OECD countries is not a surprise, Chinese doctors have for decades been forced to work much longer hours.
> As for the affordability of dental services, would you say that's an argument for deregulation and lowering of mandatory quality standards?
It is the complete opposite - the cost is so low because they got over-regulated. The mind set of the government is that "dental issues are usually not life threatening, it thus shouldn't be expensive", all charges by public hospitals are exclusively set by the Price Bureau (Yes, there is Price Bureau!) and dental costs are just stupidly low.
But the standards that need to be met to be licensed as a dentist must be much lower for dentist pay to be that low without massive shortages of dentists.
Which goes back to my question on whether you think China's case is an argument for lowering of mandatory quality standards.