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Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 21:22:05 +0900
From: James Annan <still_the_same_me@hotmail.com>
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Elbow wrote:


> Japan Medical V  UK N.H.S
> Japan wins every time.
> Doctors in England have been the rudest Ive ever met.
> Genaralization of course but you get the point.
> And another point
> If you calculate the amount of National Insurance you pay here compared with
> UK its almost the same if not cheaper here. So why does UK suck big time??

I have no idea, but I agree with your overall assessment. The curious 
thing is, total healthcare spending in UK and Japan is very similar (as 
a % of GDP) and the vast amount of waste in Japan is clear to see 
wherever you turn. However, despite this, they also manage to have (ffor 
example) 4x as many hospital beds per capita as the UK (yes, really 4x) 
and the UK has fewer GPs than just about every other country in the 
developed world. I don't know where all the money goes in the UK, or 
alternatively there is a lot of hidden funding in Japan (I wonder how 
the cost of these health checks is accounted for). It can't just be that 
everyone is so scarily healthy here, can it?

James
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If I have seen further than others, it is
by treading on the toes of giants.
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