Knobby22
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However, evidence from a few studies indicates that as many as 20% to 30% of patients receive inappropriate care.
An estimated 44,000 to 98,000 among them die each year as a result of medical errors.2
This might be tolerated if it resulted in better health, but does it? Of 13 countries in a recent comparison,3,4 the United States ranks an average of 12th (second from the bottom) for 16 available health indicators. More specifically, the ranking of the US on several indicators was:
* 13th (last) for low-birth-weight percentages
* 13th for neonatal mortality and infant mortality overall 14
* 11th for postneonatal mortality
* 13th for years of potential life lost (excluding external causes)
* 11th for life expectancy at 1 year for females, 12th for males
* 10th for life expectancy at 15 years for females, 12th for males
* 10th for life expectancy at 40 years for females, 9th for males
* 7th for life expectancy at 65 years for females, 7th for males
* 3rd for life expectancy at 80 years for females, 3rd for males
* 10th for age-adjusted mortality
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This article is a classic case of how two different thing are incorrectly linked to reach a conclusion.
The reason the US comes very low as compared to other countries in the world e.g. last in infant mortality!!! Is that if you are poor you do not get access to proper medical treatment. There was a great article in New Scientist that showed more mothers and babies die in the US than other OECD countries because they are not given medical access. It is disgusting. One City did a trial and lowered the mortality rate significantly however Bush said he didn't want to encourage a welfare state. The fact that single mothers had no hope of paying for private insurance and so were having no health checks during pregnancy didn't enter his so called Christian heart or head.