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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (5142)	3/1/2008 5:54:17 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

Now that's a very objective and unbiased system, isn't it. No, it's not. WHO shouldn't have used it. The factors are biased, as well. Only a third of the ranking is related to the quality of delivered services. The rest is about access and financing. Not that those aren't important, but they should be differentiated. Factors forMeasuring the Quality of Health Care The WHO health care rankings result from an index of health-related statistics. As with any index, it is important to consider how it was constructed, as the construction affects the results. WHO’s index is based on five factors, weighted as follows:3 1. Health Level: 25 percent 2. Health Distribution: 25 percent 3. Responsiveness: 12.5 percent 4. Responsiveness Distribution: 12.5 percent 5. Financial Fairness: 25 percent