Ranking For 'preventable' Deaths

[ravenwoodglass]

I found this in todays news on yahoo. It doesn't surprise me. Thought others might find it interesting. Note that the countries that are on the top of the list are ones that are celiac savvy. Not a coincidence in my opinion.

France did best -- with 64.8 deaths deemed preventable by timely and effective health care per 100,000 people, in the study period of 2002 and 2003. Japan had 71.2 and Australia had 71.3 such deaths per 100,000 people. The United States had 109.7 such deaths per 100,000 people, the researchers said.

After the top three, Spain was fourth best, followed in order by Italy, Canada, Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden, Greece, Austria, Germany, Finland, New Zealand, Denmark, Britain, Ireland and Portugal, with the United States last.

[ptkds]

Somehow, that doesn't suprise me!! With our lack of health insurance made accesible to everyone, to dr.s avoiding the real causes of health complaints, this is to be expected.

[debmidge]

As part of what I see as our national health problem is hospitals having to close their doors as they are in the "red" due to having to treat non-citizens who do not even have Medicaid as they are illegals. In my area two hospitals have closed down in the past few years. We have a high concentration of illegals in my area and unfortunately, the hospitals can't stay open if there are no funds to keep them open.

The concern now is the time it takes to get to another E.R. if you have an emergency.