Re: How Many People Die Per Year Under Socialized Healthcare For Being "On Waiting Li
So, I was looking around:
Major Findings:
• One-year mortality rates following myocardial infarction were virtually identical for both countries
(34.3% U.S. vs. 34.4% Canada).
• U.S. patients were far more likely to undergo expensive and invasive treatments such as coronary
angiography (34.9% U.S. vs. 6.7% Canada); percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty
(11.7% U.S. vs. 1.5% Canada); and coronary-artery bypass surgery (10.6% U.S. vs. 1.4% Canada).
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Canadians had lower rates of unadjusted in-hospital mortality (1.4% Canada vs. 2.2% U.S.). There
was no difference between the countries after controlling for demographic and clinical differences.
• The average length of a hospital stay in Canada was 16.8% longer
• Adjusted costs of CABG in the U.S. were 82% higher than in Canada
• Average in-hospital treatment costs were nearly twice as much in the U.S. ($20,673 U.S. vs. $10,373
Canada / Median: $16,036 U.S. vs. $7,880 Canada).
• Administrative costs consumed more of the total cost of treatment in the U.S. (38.2% of total
costs in the U.S. vs. 31.7% in Canada).
http://www.pnhp.org/single_payer_resources/CAN_Comparison_Sheet.pdf
Also in that article:
Major Findings:
• After adjustment for the case mix and treatment variables, the mortality rate for end-stage renal
disease was 47% higher in the U.S. than in Canada.
• Canadian patients are twice as likely to receive kidney transplants as are Americans. (Note: this
likely reflects the profitability of continuing dialysis rather than performing a transplant.)
• Adjusted monthly costs of treatment were $503 higher in the U.S. (Largely due to the far higher
rates of dialysis).
• Fifty-seven percent (57%) of U.S. patients had reprocessed dialyzers used on them, compared
with 0.0% of Canadian patients.
• The hospital admission rate among U.S. renal disease patients was 41% lower (Note: this is mainly
because of the far lower transplant rate among U.S. patients).