Re:Hospitals that make profits should pay taxes
by zeroonetwothree on Sunday April 14, 2024 @01:48PM
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What does hospital beds have to do with wait times? Perhaps you have data on that?
Re:Hospitals that make profits should pay taxes
by FireBeyond on Sunday April 14, 2024 @02:11PM
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Paramedic here. You don't -stay- in the ER. You're either treated and discharged, or stabilized and moved (to surgery, to ICU, admitted). The more beds available, the shorter the ER stay, the less wait time due to throughput.
Re:Hospitals that make profits should pay taxes
by willcipriano on Sunday April 14, 2024 @01:58PM
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We are middle of the pack or worse on doctors[0]. We are near the bottom when it comes to how many times we get to visit the doctors we do have[1]. I can't find a high score on anything besides "Potential years of life lost"[2], sad for us that isn't a good thing.
[0]https://data.oecd.org/healthres/doctors.htm
[1]https://data.oecd.org/healthcare/doctors-consultations.htm
[2]https://data.oecd.org/healthstat/potential-years-of-life-los...
There is. The US spends more per capita on socialized medicine than any of the countries that actually have socialized medicine.[0]
[0]https://data.oecd.org/healthres/health-spending.htm
A P.S. for the "but the wait times!" crowd, look at the first chart then check out hospital beds, again per capita[1]
[1]https://data.oecd.org/healtheqt/hospital-beds.htm