Scott cites:
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The average Canadian family pays about 48 percent of its income in
taxes
each year,
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And, Scott, exactly how much tax does the average American pay?
But more to the point, it would be useful if you just put out the
comparative data, without an editorial, so that people could reac
decisions based on data alone.
Here's my source: Social and Cultural Planning Office, The Hague,
September 2004
NOTE: The SCP used primarily OECD and World Bank data.
Let's check out the data, and then reach a conclusion based on data,
shall we? In each category, Canada is mentioned first, then the USA (as
in, Canada vs USA).
Total current expenditure on health ca percentage of GDP, 2000: 8.5%
vs 13%
Total current health expenditure per capita, 2000: 2400=80 vs 4100=80
Out-patient expenditure as percentage of gdp: 2.7% vs 5.9%
In-patient expenditure as percentage of GDP: 2.8% vs 3.9%
Inpatient ca beds per 1000 inhabitants, 2000: 3.9 vs 9.8
Total health employment per 1000 inhabitants, 2001 (FTE): 37 vs 38
Physicians: number per 1000 inhabitants, 2001: 2.1 vs 2.8
Nurses: number per 1000 inhabitants, 2001: 9.8 vs 8.1
Inpatient ca admissions per 1000 inhabitants, 2000: 100 vs 125
Acute ca number of patient days per capita, 2000: 0.85 vs 0.68
Non-acute inpatient ca number of patient days per capita, 2000: 0.15
vs 2.25
Outpatient consultations of physicians: number per capita, 2001: 6.1 vs
6=2E0
General practitioners per 1000 inhabitants: 1.0 vs 0.8
Acute ca occupancy rate: 87% vs 68%
Number of consultations per practising physician, 2000: 3050 vs 2020
Life expectancy at birth, 2001: 80 vs 78
Healthy life expectancy: 70 vs 67.5
Infant mortality in deaths per 1000 live births, 2001: 5 vs 6.5
Health status index, 2001: 5.6 vs 4.7 (higher is better)
Cost-effectiveness of health care, 2001: Compare health status index
with expenditure per person (Canada wins)
Rankings of countries by type of health index -
*Health status index 2001: 8th vs 19th
*SCP composite index 2001: 13th vs 18th
*WHO composite - index 1997: 4th vs 12th
On some fairly critical factors such as life expectancy, healthy life
expectancy, infant mortality, and a variety of health indices, Canada
out-performs the USA. At substatially less expenditure.
So, Scott, instead of dealing in editorials from newpapers, why not
deal in real data. What do you make of this data?
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