OT: How is Canadian health care worse than US again? - rec.arts.mystery

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From: Mary <mrfeath...@aol.com>

Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 14:27:23 -0700 (PDT)

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Subject: Re: OT: How is Canadian health care worse than US again?

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On May 15, 3:40 pm, "Francis A. Miniter" <famini...@comcast.net>
wrote:

> By another WHO measure, physician density per 1,000 of
> population, Canada has 2.14 and the US has 2.56, giving the
> US a slightly better coverage. And Canada has 36 hospital
> beds per 10,000 while the US is at 33. However, health
> expenditures as a % of GDP run 15.4% in the US and only 9.8%
> in Canada.

Whoa, there, Francis. I have a hard time believing that the physician
density is homogeneous in either the US or Canada. Ditto hospital
beds. Does WHO recognize this?

Mary

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