Re:Hospitals mergers do not improve quality: study
by pjc50 on Friday January 03, 2020 @06:28AM
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> there will always be death panels
Exactly. Currently they're for-profit death panels in the insurance industry. And their metric is profit, not minimising death and suffering.
The UK approach to this is a board called NICE, which measures effectiveness and tries to set a cost-benefit level. What this means is that the UK is behind on leading-edge cancer drugs which cost a fortune for a few extra months of life, but makes sure that everyone has insulin. The US system is the other way round: some people get the life extension, some people die from lack of insulin.
(A surprising amount of healthcare rationing in the UK is simple waiting)
Exactly. Currently they're for-profit death panels in the insurance industry. And their metric is profit, not minimising death and suffering.
The UK approach to this is a board called NICE, which measures effectiveness and tries to set a cost-benefit level. What this means is that the UK is behind on leading-edge cancer drugs which cost a fortune for a few extra months of life, but makes sure that everyone has insulin. The US system is the other way round: some people get the life extension, some people die from lack of insulin.
(A surprising amount of healthcare rationing in the UK is simple waiting)