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To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (28178)	4/28/2008 4:28:43 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

and say that they are not 'questionable statements'. They are very questionable statements. The selection of averages, the weight given to each, the methods of measuring them and adjusting for other issues that impact them but that are not part of the medical care payment system, are all somewhat subjective. For example - One simple measure often used, and which the US is considered to not do as well as many other rich countries, is life expectancy, but when life expectancy is adjusted for homicide and accident rates, the US is very near the top if life expectancy. Another measure is infant mortality, but infant mortality isn't measured the same way in different countries (and also is effected by other things besides the health care payment system, or even the entire health care system). Which doesn't mean that the systems in Taiwan or Switzerland might not be better, but that isn't something that's clearly established. Of course better overall or not, we still may be able to get good ideas from these systems or others.