Re:I analyzed hospital price lists so you didn't have to
by nicolas_t on Wednesday July 06, 2022 @11:55PM
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That's something I've always been very curious about as someone who doesn't live in the US and was very unimpressed by the healthcare there when he lived there and had to deal with issues with my Asthma.
What documentation/studies did you find in your deep dive?
Re:I analyzed hospital price lists so you didn't have to
by JumpCrisscross on Thursday July 07, 2022 @12:11PM
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> US had a genuine but small edge in treatment for diabetes and breast cancer
You’re looking at gross statistics. On average, American healthcare is average. If you zoom into the top 10%, it outperforms other countries’ top 10% (in general; of course there are exceptions). This goes from virtually instant imaging with concierge medicine to the Cleveland Clinic’s global medical evacuation jets and helicopters.
Spoken like a salesman!
It's mostly false. Last time I did a deep dive on this, the US had a genuine but small edge in treatment for diabetes and breast cancer, but that was it -- and the edge was nowhere near proportional to price.