UK has best health system in developed world, US analysis concludes
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Re: UK has best health system in developed world, US analysis concludes
#2Is the abstract really shorted and the author is mentioned but as affiliation it only says "London". They really don't want to know much about the paper before you pay for this paid research.
Re: UK has best health system in developed world, US analysis concludes
#3Is the abstract really shorted and the author is mentioned but as affiliation it only says "London". They really don't want to know much about the paper before you pay for this paid research.
Use sci-hub to avoid paying anything to get full-text PDF.
Re: UK has best health system in developed world, US analysis concludes
#4The report: http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/fund-reports/20...
It ranks the UK 10th out of 11 on "Health Care Outcomes".
Re: UK has best health system in developed world, US analysis concludes
#5Is the abstract really shorted and the author is mentioned but as affiliation it only says "London". They really don't want to know much about the paper before you pay for this paid research.
The full article is only 1 page long, and lists the following for references:
http://www.commonwealthfund.org/~/media/files/publications/f...
http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/fund-reports/20...
Re: UK has best health system in developed world, US analysis concludes
#6The report: http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/fund-reports/20... It ranks the UK 10th out of 11 on "Health Care Outcomes".
Good spot. BMJ won't be crowing that one though.
Re: UK has best health system in developed world, US analysis concludes
#7Re: UK has best health system in developed world, US analysis concludes
#8The report: http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/fund-reports/20... It ranks the UK 10th out of 11 on "Health Care Outcomes".
"In general, the U.K. achieves superior performance compared to other countries in all areas except Health Care Outcomes, where it ranks 10th despite experiencing the fastest reduction in deaths amenable to health care in the past decade."
If you look at the graph Exhibit 4. Mortality Amenable to Health Care, 2004 and 2014[1] it shows that for 2014 the UK wasn't 10th. They have taken an average for the decade leading to 2014. So it isn't as clear cut as just being 10th.
http://www.commonwealthfund.org/interactives/2017/july/mirro...
Re: UK has best health system in developed world, US analysis concludes
#9The report: http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/fund-reports/20... It ranks the UK 10th out of 11 on "Health Care Outcomes".
The full text PDF with detailed data appendices is at http://www.commonwealthfund.org/interactives/2017/july/mirro...
Re: UK has best health system in developed world, US analysis concludes
#10This analysis of a report seems pretty bad, even with only the title and abstract available.
Firstly, the report doesn't even cover the entire developed world, just 11 countries. Notably, Japan doesn't appear to be included. To be honest, I found that slightly offensive.
Secondly the U.K. isn't the overall clear "best" of those 11. It's not bad, and does better on some things, worse on others.
In my subjective experience (as a Brit) British people often think the NHS is the best health service in the world. It's not bad, and it's free. Waiting times are often long, particularly for non-urgent conditions. Compared to the U.S. system I prefer the NHS, but there are other options, and the NHS could provide a better service than it does.