Comment on Healthcare: How Long Do Patients Have To Wait?
Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
this looks like a very skewed statistic, ofc the us looks bad because there’s only civilised European countries and the us included
Comment on Healthcare: How Long Do Patients Have To Wait?
Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
this looks like a very skewed statistic, ofc the us looks bad because there’s only civilised European countries and the us included
Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone 1 week ago
Its fair to say its skewed.
The point is, comparisons are useful, but the comparisons that are most valuable are from countries (medical systems) estimated to be around the same level of development, and have a similar societal structure.
Good additions might be NZ, Japan, S.Korea, and Canada. (I’m sure theres others)
A better way to do this would be to take apart the US by State, afterall some US states have as large, or larger, populations than the countries listed. This would help account for the wide variability in State to State care. I suppose the reason they didn’t is Federal influence is still large, even in the US, also the infographic would become unwieldy with 50 added lines.
The infographic format is probably too simple for the kind of information its trying to communicate.
A better way, from a US centric perspective, might be to use some sort of vine with bunches of States and comparable countries by their side in their appropriate bunch. Say, and i’m just guessing here, Vermont in a bunch that includes Switzerland, while Mississippi might be in a bunch that includes countries with less successful health outcomes.
Buelldozer@lemmy.today 1 week ago
The best way to do this would be to use data from 2023 (as the infographic claims) and NOT data from the years 2000 through 2022. It would also be helpful if the source wasn’t a right-biased US based organization whose stated goal is de-regulation of the Medical Industry.
They could also do their reports using established methodology instead of creating their own, base it on first sources instead of literature review, and maybe they could avoid biased sources while they were at it.
Seriously, I tore into the data and sourcing and it’s simply awful. The base report isn’t really even about wait times, it’s about increasing efficiency (and thus profitability) through using telehealth, blister packs, and OTC contraceptives.