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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2023 8:37:03 GMT
So you want what we have? That you think we have the same type of health system as Germany speaks volumes..  OK, what is different about the German system which makes it better than ours? |
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Post by Pacifico on Feb 12, 2023 8:49:43 GMT
That you think we have the same type of health system as Germany speaks volumes.. OK, what is different about the German system which makes it better than ours? |
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Post by patman post on Feb 12, 2023 16:53:55 GMT
But the NHS is not paid for by Social Health Insurance - it is simply another department in receipt of normal taxation. National insurance and taxes go towards the costs of the NHS. Do you want people to pay again? Aren't effectiveness and outcomes more important than the funding method?
One measure could be the countries with the highest cancer survival rates: 1. Australia – 1,849.8 survivors per 100k people
2. New Zealand – 1,686.8 survivors per 100k people
3. Ireland – 1,240.5 survivors per 100k people
4. United States of America – 1,195.7 survivors per 100k people
5. Canada – 1,148.3 survivors per 100k people
6. Norway – 1,120.3 survivors per 100k people
7. Netherlands – 1,103.4 survivors per 100k people
8. Switzerland – 1,102.9 survivors per 100k people
9. Belgium – 1,076 survivors per 100k people
10. Denmark – 1,068.9 survivors per 100k peoplewisevoter.com/country-rankings/cancer-survival-rates-by-country/
Nevertheless, returning to funding (even though it's been distorted by Covid), the ONS latest comparison with other countries of UK healthcare spending makes the following main points:
In 2017, the UK spent £2,989 per person on healthcare, which was around the median for members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development: OECD (£2,913 per person).
However, of the G7 group of large, developed economies, UK healthcare spending per person was the second-lowest, with the highest spenders being France (£3,737), Germany (£4,432) and the United States (£7,736).
As a percentage of GDP, UK healthcare spending fell from 9.8% in 2013 to 9.6% in 2017, while healthcare spending as a percentage of GDP rose for four of the remaining six G7 countries.
The UK’s publicly funded NHS-based health system contributes to the UK having one of the highest shares of publicly funded healthcare (79%) in the OECD.
In 2017, the UK spent the equivalent of £560 per person on health-related long-term care, which was less than most other northern or western European countries, but a similar amount to France (£569) and Canada (£556).
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