Comments on: Other countries series: O Canada… http://walkeastwood.org/other-countries-series-o-canada/ Sustainable living in "The Village Within The City" Sat, 19 May 2012 11:23:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Annie @ PhD in Parenting http://walkeastwood.org/other-countries-series-o-canada/comment-page-1/#comment-932 Annie @ PhD in Parenting Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:32:30 +0000 http://walkeastwood.org/?p=1652#comment-932 I should also add that studies like the one I linked to above then get used to prioritize healthcare spending to the places it is needed most (rather than to the people who are paying the most). For example: Ontario is giving the province's most challenged emergency rooms incentives to improve patient satisfaction and reduce ER wait times. The $55 million Pay-for-Results program will give 46 hospitals funding incentives to meet specific targets and reduce the time patients spend in the ER. Last year, 23 hospitals participated and were able to reduce the amount of time non-urgent patients spent in their ERs by 29 per cent. Read more: http://ogov.newswire.ca/ontario/GPOE/2009/05/22/c6597.html?lmatch=&lang=_e.html I should also add that studies like the one I linked to above then get used to prioritize healthcare spending to the places it is needed most (rather than to the people who are paying the most). For example:

Ontario is giving the province’s most challenged emergency rooms
incentives to improve patient satisfaction and reduce ER wait times.
The $55 million Pay-for-Results program will give 46 hospitals funding
incentives to meet specific targets and reduce the time patients spend in the
ER. Last year, 23 hospitals participated and were able to reduce the amount of
time non-urgent patients spent in their ERs by 29 per cent.

Read more: http://ogov.newswire.ca/ontario/GPOE/2009/05/22/c6597.html?lmatch=&lang=_e.html

]]> By: Annie @ PhD in Parenting http://walkeastwood.org/other-countries-series-o-canada/comment-page-1/#comment-931 Annie @ PhD in Parenting Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:30:04 +0000 http://walkeastwood.org/?p=1652#comment-931 Thanks for linking to my post! With regards to ER wait times, here is a link that provides some data: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2007/01/25/er-waits.html It is not perfect, but it is not 23 hours and the system works well in terms of ensuring that people with true emergencies get in quickly, whereas someone using the ER as a family doctor because they couldn't be bothered to make an appointment during regular office hours may wait longer. Thanks for linking to my post!

With regards to ER wait times, here is a link that provides some data: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2007/01/25/er-waits.html

It is not perfect, but it is not 23 hours and the system works well in terms of ensuring that people with true emergencies get in quickly, whereas someone using the ER as a family doctor because they couldn’t be bothered to make an appointment during regular office hours may wait longer.

]]> By: Jess http://walkeastwood.org/other-countries-series-o-canada/comment-page-1/#comment-930 Jess Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:28:56 +0000 http://walkeastwood.org/?p=1652#comment-930 I'm right there with you Lonnie I completely agree. Living here in Germany I'm paying about 150 euros per month for health insurance including dental. The health insurance is a big issue in my mind and one of the determining factors I'll consider before moving to the U.S. I find the quality of care similar to the U.S. I don't understand why so many people are against a public option. There is no excuse for the richest country in the world to not provide health care to all of its citizens. I’m right there with you Lonnie I completely agree. Living here in Germany I’m paying about 150 euros per month for health insurance including dental. The health insurance is a big issue in my mind and one of the determining factors I’ll consider before moving to the U.S.

I find the quality of care similar to the U.S. I don’t understand why so many people are against a public option. There is no excuse for the richest country in the world to not provide health care to all of its citizens.

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