The U.S. has higher rates of medical, medication, and lab errors than comparable countries

Percent of adults who have experienced medical, medication, or lab errors or delays in past two years, 2016

United States
19%
Sweden
17%
Canada
15%
Switzerland
14%
Comparable Country Average
12%
United Kingdom
11%
Australia
11%
Netherlands
10%
France
8%
Germany
7%
Source: Unpublished data from 2016 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey Get the data PNG

spam

OOOF

errors for days

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no shit sherlock

unpublished data??

you get what you PAY for

you want to be cheap?

@KizzaGT https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collection/quality-u-s-healthcare-system-compare-countries/#item-percent-of-sicker-adults-who-have-experienced-a-medical-error-in-last-two-years-2016

you willl get cheap service

is there actually a good way to measure medical innovation?

those willing to pay don't have those problems

it's amazing

It's not like you're going to shop for services in a medical emergency

When your population is also huge to compared to those countries!

for 8 yrs, the Liberals FUCKED our healthcare system up and nothing worked

NOW they point to their fuck up as evidence our system is the problem

@BabaBooey I blame our culture for throwing our young people off into the deep end for our errors, but- this does force the young to develop faster

LMFAIO

thanks obama

i would be interested in seeing that, because often times the high prices in america are justified by the idea that monopolies granted on medical innovations spur innovation

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which i'm sure is true to some extent

but the extent to which it is is pretty important

Potential Years of Life Lost have fallen steadily in the U.S. and in comparable countries

Overall age-specific potential years of life lost per 100,000 population, 1990-2017

Source: KFF analysis of IHME Global Burden of Disease Study (2017) Get the data PNG

LOL

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Because people are too fat

fallen steadily in the U.S. and in comparable countries

AND

you are CORRECT baba. all your STATS PROVE HOW MUCH OBAMACARE FUCKED UP THE US SYSTEM

thank you

@ManAnimal No shit right- "well we fucked it all up, better try communism!"

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lol baba lacks reading comprehension

i mean i don't think baba advocates for obamacare

@UnScottable copy paste the source HAHAHA

Well you can blame the democrats for most of that.

the graphs are quite different

i just used your sentence