Guy dies of thirst while in hospital

[BigBallinStalin]

Yeah, but the health care costs per capita are relatively low in the UK!

Sorry but these things happen in the US, as well. In fact, here, they are less likely to be discovered because the potential damage from lawsuits is so high things like this too often get covered up.

I'd love to read a comparative analysis of deaths due to negligence which occur in hospitals. Other variables could include (1) government expenditure in health care, and (2) amount of regulation, e.g. amount of pages of regulatory papers.

I could give you the WHO report again which contains stats on medically preventable deaths, but I'm not sure you'd like what you were looking at. On point 2, I'm not sure what you're aiming at. Surely the outcome of the regulations are more important than the amount. You're surely not saying that it should be an issue of quantity rather than quality?

If you got a legit WHO link for me, then I'd be inclined to read it.

It would show, if there would be any, variation among countries in regard to regulation. How does the amount of regulation affect health care quality, cover, expenses, etc.?

[Symmetry]

Yeah, but the health care costs per capita are relatively low in the UK!

Sorry but these things happen in the US, as well. In fact, here, they are less likely to be discovered because the potential damage from lawsuits is so high things like this too often get covered up.

I'd love to read a comparative analysis of deaths due to negligence which occur in hospitals. Other variables could include (1) government expenditure in health care, and (2) amount of regulation, e.g. amount of pages of regulatory papers.

I could give you the WHO report again which contains stats on medically preventable deaths, but I'm not sure you'd like what you were looking at. On point 2, I'm not sure what you're aiming at. Surely the outcome of the regulations are more important than the amount. You're surely not saying that it should be an issue of quantity rather than quality?

If you got a legit WHO link for me, then I'd be inclined to read it.

It would show, if there would be any, variation among countries in regard to regulation. How does the amount of regulation affect health care quality, cover, expenses, etc.?

Such a report on regulation does not exist as far as I know, and I have no idea how somebody could even quantify regulation (Pages? Number of words? Number of laws? Number of regulatory bodies?) or assess the quality of regulation (would a smaller amount of poor regulation be better than a larger amount of good regulation?).

But anyway, on the relative outcomes:

http://www.who.int/whr/en/

Plenty of info there, but perhaps not the droids you're looking for.

[BigBallinStalin]

Yeah, but the health care costs per capita are relatively low in the UK!

Sorry but these things happen in the US, as well. In fact, here, they are less likely to be discovered because the potential damage from lawsuits is so high things like this too often get covered up.

I'd love to read a comparative analysis of deaths due to negligence which occur in hospitals. Other variables could include (1) government expenditure in health care, and (2) amount of regulation, e.g. amount of pages of regulatory papers.

I could give you the WHO report again which contains stats on medically preventable deaths, but I'm not sure you'd like what you were looking at. On point 2, I'm not sure what you're aiming at. Surely the outcome of the regulations are more important than the amount. You're surely not saying that it should be an issue of quantity rather than quality?

If you got a legit WHO link for me, then I'd be inclined to read it.

It would show, if there would be any, variation among countries in regard to regulation. How does the amount of regulation affect health care quality, cover, expenses, etc.?

Such a report on regulation does not exist as far as I know, and I have no idea how somebody could even quantify regulation (Pages? Number of words? Number of laws? Number of regulatory bodies?) or assess the quality of regulation (would a smaller amount of poor regulation be better than a larger amount of good regulation?).

But anyway, on the relative outcomes:

http://www.who.int/whr/en/

Plenty of info there, but perhaps not the droids you're looking for.

Well, # of pages of regulations is a good indicator of the magnitude of regulation. It's not perfect, but at least it's tractable. By comparing that variable across countries alongside expenditures and negligent deaths, then the influence of regulation might become more revealing.

Thanks for the link.