Comments on: Guess the country http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/01/guess-country.html medical blog Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:43:56 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/01/guess-country.html/comment-page-1#comment-71079 Anonymous Tue, 30 Jan 2007 06:43:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/01/guess-the-country.html#comment-71079 Wikipedia? Wikipedia?<br />They sell reality there and should never be quoted as an authority. Wikipedia? Wikipedia?
They sell reality there and should never be quoted as an authority.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/01/guess-country.html/comment-page-1#comment-71078 Anonymous Tue, 30 Jan 2007 05:54:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/01/guess-the-country.html#comment-71078 Now your example is going to be taken as the norm for the entire system.<br />Here's a recent statistic that shows just the opposite: http://secure.cihi.ca/cihiweb/dispPage.jsp?cw_page=media_24aug2005_e<br /><br />And some interesting evidence over at good 'ol wikipedia: <br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_and_American_health_care_systems_compared#Quality_of_health_care Now your example is going to be taken as the norm for the entire system.
Here’s a recent statistic that shows just the opposite: http://secure.cihi.ca/cihiweb/dispPage.jsp?cw_page=media_24aug2005_e

And some interesting evidence over at good ‘ol wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_and_American_health_care_systems_compared#Quality_of_health_care

]]> By: docter http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/01/guess-country.html/comment-page-1#comment-71058 docter Mon, 29 Jan 2007 23:54:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/01/guess-the-country.html#comment-71058 Unfortunately this isn't something new but is the culmination of years of bureaucratic interference by the provincial governments.<br />In 1994 I phoned every one of the 100 hospitals in British Columbia and did a survey of their bed census since 1991. In that time there was a net loss of 1248 beds throughout the province. Eleven Greater Vancouver and Lower Mainland hospitals as well as the Kelowna hospital had an increase of 389 beds while the hospitals in the rural areas of BC lost 1637 beds. This was done largely by not funding nursing staff to provide care and thereby making the beds themselves redundant.<br />This was carried out under the NDP's 'New Directions' which focused on it's catchphrase 'Wellness'. Afterall if one focuses on wellness one will not need emergency rooms or hospital beds will one?<br />That seems to have worked out well hasn't it?<br />In 1995 I gave up and moved to the U.S. Unfortunately this isn’t something new but is the culmination of years of bureaucratic interference by the provincial governments.
In 1994 I phoned every one of the 100 hospitals in British Columbia and did a survey of their bed census since 1991. In that time there was a net loss of 1248 beds throughout the province. Eleven Greater Vancouver and Lower Mainland hospitals as well as the Kelowna hospital had an increase of 389 beds while the hospitals in the rural areas of BC lost 1637 beds. This was done largely by not funding nursing staff to provide care and thereby making the beds themselves redundant.
This was carried out under the NDP’s ‘New Directions’ which focused on it’s catchphrase ‘Wellness’. Afterall if one focuses on wellness one will not need emergency rooms or hospital beds will one?
That seems to have worked out well hasn’t it?
In 1995 I gave up and moved to the U.S.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/01/guess-country.html/comment-page-1#comment-71056 Anonymous Mon, 29 Jan 2007 23:36:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/01/guess-the-country.html#comment-71056 So instaed of scrapping the single-payer system, we just need to return to the previous levels of funding and make sure that it's being invested in the right places. So instaed of scrapping the single-payer system, we just need to return to the previous levels of funding and make sure that it’s being invested in the right places.

]]> By: Kevin http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/01/guess-country.html/comment-page-1#comment-71054 Kevin Mon, 29 Jan 2007 23:31:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/01/guess-the-country.html#comment-71054 Of course it is.<br /><br />But isn't a single-payer system supposed to solve these issues?<br /><br />Why cause upheaval and switch to a system that has many of the same problems, and invite a whole host of new ones?<br /><br />I'll stick with the devil I know for now.<br /><br />Kevin Of course it is.

But isn’t a single-payer system supposed to solve these issues?

Why cause upheaval and switch to a system that has many of the same problems, and invite a whole host of new ones?

I’ll stick with the devil I know for now.

Kevin

]]> By: Graham http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/01/guess-country.html/comment-page-1#comment-71046 Graham Mon, 29 Jan 2007 21:19:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/01/guess-the-country.html#comment-71046 A good article, Kevin, but can you honestly say this isn't happening in the US? A good article, Kevin, but can you honestly say this isn’t happening in the US?

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