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Politics : A US National Health Care System?

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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (16355)	4/8/2010 6:42:42 AM
From: Lane3	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) of 42652

Give some examples "data adjusted for non-health-care factors" Longevity. There are a lot of factors that determine that, many of which are outside the control of the medical community. The numbers should make an effort to weed out what doesn't apply. The murder rate for American kids is extraordinary but does not speak to the quality of US health care. Likewise deaths in auto accidents. Still, they lower American longevity disproportionately given the youth of the victims relative to that of other countries. Non-health-care related deaths skew the calculations and should not be included. "varying accounting criteria across countries" Different countries register live births and infant deaths differently. The US registers as a live birth premies miraculously delivered at six months. Even if that miracle were possible in other countries, it would in most places not be recorded as a live birth. Then when the premie dies the next day, it's recorded as a death. In most countries there would not have been a death because there wasn't a live birth. This skews both infant mortality and longevity comparisons. Ranking input should make these adjustments.

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