In Oz, the public system is quite good (and free). Private insurance
(single) can cost around $AU800 - $1,600 pa. Then you pay an excess of $200
- $1000 her hospitalization.
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-----Original Message-----
From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net] On Behalf Of Dr
Eberhard Lisse
Sent: Sunday 11 March 2007 20:57
To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
Subject: Re: Was Bilateral dermoids Now EL's view of US health care system
Dan,
on 3/10/07 8:53 PM R. Daniel Braun said the following:
>>Infant mortality, maternal mortality, teenage pregnancies are neither on
>>the top in absolute figures, nor in relative figures, taking expenditure
>>into account. Access to health care? Disposable income by Ob&Gyns?
> Infant Mortality: Great measure of how well parents can take care of an
> infant once it goes home. Not worth a hoot at measuring quality of
> Medical care. BTW, when measured on a bitrht weight to birth weight
> basis, the US perinatal mortality is quite a bit better than anyone
> else's. The overall problem is the incidence of preterm delivery. This
> seems to be a socio-religious problem, since it seems to arise from
> teenage and otherwise unwanted prgnancies.
If I applied myself hard enough I could probably find a statistical
figure where Namibia shines. However, I stand by my statement. In
particular since I haven't found nowhere that only the affluent and
educated are allowed to have children.
Never mind that I seem to have mentioned teenage pregnancies :-)-O
> Maternal Mortality: I didn't know that 8/100,000 pregnancies was so
> bad. especially when all deaths of pregnant women and women who have
> been pregnant in the last year are included in that number.
> Teen age pregnancies are a social religious problem and have little if
> anything to do with medical care.
I didn't say it was so bad, *HE* said the US health (and implied the OB)
system was the best in the world. And that just ain't so. We have been
over the figures, before. 8/100000 is shocking, in fact.
> Taking expenditure into account: you got me there. The amount of waste
> in our system is way up there. e.g.: Pre-eclamptic labs ( alll you need
> to R/O HELLP syndrome is a platelet count and you are going to get one
> anyway so that anesthesia will consent to putting in an epidural What do
> most folks get? Complete liver panel that's what.) Waste Waste
There you go
> Access to Health Care: If you don't care about going bankrupt, you can
> get health care.
Actually that's true but irrelevant.
> Disposable income by OB-GYN's: I don't know about anyone else, but I am
> comfortable and happy. Far from being rich, but comfortable.
Yes, sure, but why did you wrote the other day you left to become a CMT?
:-)-O
greetings, el
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