Re: US Worst in preventable death ranking

[Guest guest]

Patty, thank you for all of the information that you are posting. You are one of our Special Angels. The Cortisone shot did not work on my right leg, and I have been in so much pain. We are waiting for my rheumatologist to call.

Sending love to all of our Angels....Lea

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US Worst in preventable death ranking

Is this any surprise? What's worse is that it fell 4 places from a decade ago. They attribute the problem to lack of health insurance coverage. I, myself, would think diet has alot to do with it.France best, U.S. worst in preventable death ranking By Will DunhamTue Jan 8, 12:21 AM ETFrance, Japan and Australia rated best and the United States worst in new rankings focusing on preventable deaths due to treatable conditions in 19 leading industrialized nations, researchers said on Tuesday.If the U.S. health care system performed as well as those of those top three countries, there would be 101,000 fewer deaths in the United States per year, according to researchers writing in the journal Health Affairs.Researchers Ellen Nolte and McKee of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine tracked deaths that they deemed could have been prevented by access to timely and effective health care, and ranked nations on how they did.They called such deaths an important way to gauge the performance of a country's health care system.Nolte said the large number of Americans who lack any type of health insurance -- about 47 million people in a country of about 300 million, according to U.S. government estimates -- probably was a key factor in the poor showing of the United States compared to other industrialized nations in the study."I wouldn't say it (the last-place ranking) is a condemnation, because I think health care in the U.S. is pretty good if you have access. But if you don't, I think that's the main problem, isn't it?" Nolte said in a telephone interview.In establishing their rankings, the researchers considered deaths before age 75 from numerous causes, including heart disease, stroke, certain cancers, diabetes, certain bacterial infections and complications of common surgical procedures.Such deaths accounted for 23 percent of overall deaths in men and 32 percent of deaths in women, the researchers said.France did best -- with 64.8 deaths deemed preventable by timely and effective health care per 100,000 people, in the study period of 2002 and 2003. Japan had 71.2 and Australia had 71.3 such deaths per 100,000 people. The United States had 109.7 such deaths per 100,000 people, the researchers said.After the top three, Spain was fourth best, followed in order by Italy, Canada, Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden, Greece, Austria, Germany, Finland, New Zealand, Denmark, Britain, Ireland and Portugal, with the United States last.PREVIOUS RANKINGSThe researchers compared these rankings with rankings for the same 19 countries covering the period of 1997 and 1998. France and Japan also were first and second in those rankings, while the United States was 15th, meaning it fell four places in the latest rankings.All the countries made progress in reducing preventable deaths from these earlier rankings, the researchers said. These types of deaths dropped by an average of 16 percent for the nations in the study, but the U.S. decline was only 4 percent.The research was backed by the Commonwealth Fund, a private New York-based health policy foundation."It is startling to see the U.S. falling even farther behind on this crucial indicator of health system performance," Commonwealth Fund Senior Vice President Schoen said."The fact that other countries are reducing these preventable deaths more rapidly, yet spending far less, indicates that policy, goals and efforts to improve health systems make a difference," Schoen added in a statement.(Editing by Osterman)

[Guest guest]

Patty, thank you for all of the information that you are posting. You are one of our Special Angels. The Cortisone shot did not work on my right leg, and I have been in so much pain. We are waiting for my rheumatologist to call.

Sending love to all of our Angels....Lea

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~``

US Worst in preventable death ranking

Is this any surprise? What's worse is that it fell 4 places from a decade ago. They attribute the problem to lack of health insurance coverage. I, myself, would think diet has alot to do with it.France best, U.S. worst in preventable death ranking By Will DunhamTue Jan 8, 12:21 AM ETFrance, Japan and Australia rated best and the United States worst in new rankings focusing on preventable deaths due to treatable conditions in 19 leading industrialized nations, researchers said on Tuesday.If the U.S. health care system performed as well as those of those top three countries, there would be 101,000 fewer deaths in the United States per year, according to researchers writing in the journal Health Affairs.Researchers Ellen Nolte and McKee of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine tracked deaths that they deemed could have been prevented by access to timely and effective health care, and ranked nations on how they did.They called such deaths an important way to gauge the performance of a country's health care system.Nolte said the large number of Americans who lack any type of health insurance -- about 47 million people in a country of about 300 million, according to U.S. government estimates -- probably was a key factor in the poor showing of the United States compared to other industrialized nations in the study."I wouldn't say it (the last-place ranking) is a condemnation, because I think health care in the U.S. is pretty good if you have access. But if you don't, I think that's the main problem, isn't it?" Nolte said in a telephone interview.In establishing their rankings, the researchers considered deaths before age 75 from numerous causes, including heart disease, stroke, certain cancers, diabetes, certain bacterial infections and complications of common surgical procedures.Such deaths accounted for 23 percent of overall deaths in men and 32 percent of deaths in women, the researchers said.France did best -- with 64.8 deaths deemed preventable by timely and effective health care per 100,000 people, in the study period of 2002 and 2003. Japan had 71.2 and Australia had 71.3 such deaths per 100,000 people. The United States had 109.7 such deaths per 100,000 people, the researchers said.After the top three, Spain was fourth best, followed in order by Italy, Canada, Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden, Greece, Austria, Germany, Finland, New Zealand, Denmark, Britain, Ireland and Portugal, with the United States last.PREVIOUS RANKINGSThe researchers compared these rankings with rankings for the same 19 countries covering the period of 1997 and 1998. France and Japan also were first and second in those rankings, while the United States was 15th, meaning it fell four places in the latest rankings.All the countries made progress in reducing preventable deaths from these earlier rankings, the researchers said. These types of deaths dropped by an average of 16 percent for the nations in the study, but the U.S. decline was only 4 percent.The research was backed by the Commonwealth Fund, a private New York-based health policy foundation."It is startling to see the U.S. falling even farther behind on this crucial indicator of health system performance," Commonwealth Fund Senior Vice President Schoen said."The fact that other countries are reducing these preventable deaths more rapidly, yet spending far less, indicates that policy, goals and efforts to improve health systems make a difference," Schoen added in a statement.(Editing by Osterman)

[Guest guest]

I found it interesting that, during the Republican debates, when asked about the problem of people lacking medical insurance in the States, one candidate changed the subject to the idea we have the best medicine in the world (debatable, but of no use if it's not attainable) . . . Another candidate claimed that inflation is the cause.

Nobody addressed the fact that many people can't afford care or insurance!

Hugs,

Rogene

[Guest guest]

I found it interesting that, during the Republican debates, when asked about the problem of people lacking medical insurance in the States, one candidate changed the subject to the idea we have the best medicine in the world (debatable, but of no use if it's not attainable) . . . Another candidate claimed that inflation is the cause.

Nobody addressed the fact that many people can't afford care or insurance!

Hugs,

Rogene

[Guest guest]

Yes, wasn't that interesting. Typical of Republicans to not really

address the needs of the masses. That is typically a Democratic response.

But, they both have their valid issues. So, we have to think about

what is important to each of us. To me, it is health care.

Lynda

At 08:25 AM 1/8/2008, you wrote:

>I found it interesting that, during the Republican debates, when

>asked about the problem of people lacking medical insurance in the

>States, one candidate changed the subject to the idea we have the

>best medicine in the world (debatable, but of no use if it's not

>attainable) . . . Another candidate claimed that inflation is the cause.

>

>Nobody addressed the fact that many people can't afford care or insurance!

>

>Hugs,

>

>Rogene

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Yes, wasn't that interesting. Typical of Republicans to not really

address the needs of the masses. That is typically a Democratic response.

But, they both have their valid issues. So, we have to think about

what is important to each of us. To me, it is health care.

Lynda

At 08:25 AM 1/8/2008, you wrote:

>I found it interesting that, during the Republican debates, when

>asked about the problem of people lacking medical insurance in the

>States, one candidate changed the subject to the idea we have the

>best medicine in the world (debatable, but of no use if it's not

>attainable) . . . Another candidate claimed that inflation is the cause.

>

>Nobody addressed the fact that many people can't afford care or insurance!

>

>Hugs,

>

>Rogene

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Lea ~

I had so many steroids in the 90's that

they quit working on me and actually gave

me worse lupus flares, and the migranes

and body pain became more often......

I pray they have something else to help you.

Love DedeStart the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape in the new year.

[Guest guest]

Lea,

I will pray that your leg heals and that you will be free of pain

very soon! You are very special to us...did your rheumatologist call?

Patty

>

> Patty, thank you for all of the information that you are posting.

You are one of our Special Angels. The Cortisone shot did not work on

my right leg, and I have been in so much pain. We are waiting for my

rheumatologist to call.

>

> Sending love to all of our Angels....Lea

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~``

> US Worst in preventable death ranking

>

>

>

> Is this any surprise? What's worse is that it fell 4 places

from a

> decade ago. They attribute the problem to lack of health

insurance

> coverage. I, myself, would think diet has alot to do with it.

>

> France best, U.S. worst in preventable death ranking

> By Will Dunham

> Tue Jan 8, 12:21 AM ET

>

> France, Japan and Australia rated best and the United States

worst in

> new rankings focusing on preventable deaths due to treatable

> conditions in 19 leading industrialized nations, researchers

said on

> Tuesday.

>

> If the U.S. health care system performed as well as those of

those

> top three countries, there would be 101,000 fewer deaths in the

> United States per year, according to researchers writing in the

> journal Health Affairs.

>

> Researchers Ellen Nolte and McKee of the London School

of

> Hygiene and Tropical Medicine tracked deaths that they deemed

could

> have been prevented by access to timely and effective health

care,

> and ranked nations on how they did.

>

> They called such deaths an important way to gauge the

performance of

> a country's health care system.

>

> Nolte said the large number of Americans who lack any type of

health

> insurance -- about 47 million people in a country of about 300

> million, according to U.S. government estimates -- probably was

a key

> factor in the poor showing of the United States compared to

other

> industrialized nations in the study.

>

> " I wouldn't say it (the last-place ranking) is a condemnation,

> because I think health care in the U.S. is pretty good if you

have

> access. But if you don't, I think that's the main problem,

isn't it? "

> Nolte said in a telephone interview.

>

> In establishing their rankings, the researchers considered

deaths

> before age 75 from numerous causes, including heart disease,

stroke,

> certain cancers, diabetes, certain bacterial infections and

> complications of common surgical procedures.

>

> Such deaths accounted for 23 percent of overall deaths in men

and 32

> percent of deaths in women, the researchers said.

>

> France did best -- with 64.8 deaths deemed preventable by

timely and

> effective health care per 100,000 people, in the study period

of 2002

> and 2003. Japan had 71.2 and Australia had 71.3 such deaths per

> 100,000 people. The United States had 109.7 such deaths per

100,000

> people, the researchers said.

>

> After the top three, Spain was fourth best, followed in order

by

> Italy, Canada, Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden, Greece,

Austria,

> Germany, Finland, New Zealand, Denmark, Britain, Ireland and

> Portugal, with the United States last.

>

> PREVIOUS RANKINGS

>

> The researchers compared these rankings with rankings for the

same 19

> countries covering the period of 1997 and 1998. France and

Japan also

> were first and second in those rankings, while the United

States was

> 15th, meaning it fell four places in the latest rankings.

>

> All the countries made progress in reducing preventable deaths

from

> these earlier rankings, the researchers said. These types of

deaths

> dropped by an average of 16 percent for the nations in the

study, but

> the U.S. decline was only 4 percent.

>

> The research was backed by the Commonwealth Fund, a private New

York-

> based health policy foundation.

>

> " It is startling to see the U.S. falling even farther behind on

this

> crucial indicator of health system performance, " Commonwealth

Fund

> Senior Vice President Schoen said.

>

> " The fact that other countries are reducing these preventable

deaths

> more rapidly, yet spending far less, indicates that policy,

goals and

> efforts to improve health systems make a difference, " Schoen

added in

> a statement.

>

> (Editing by Osterman)

>

[Guest guest]

Goodmorning Sweet Lea ~

I am so glad the cortisone is beginning

to help you some. A blessing ! Please

take it easy doing things, and just do them

as you can, easily and without hurting you.

I love you and hope that you continue to feel

better and better.

I am no longer angry with the drug companies,

FDA, and doctors, just totally disgusted and

no longer have any respect or trust for most all

of them. We do have our angels tho......

They will all be greedy trash until proven

otherwise. I am determined to heal naturally

with natural means, the best I can. I realize

right now, I do have to have some conventional

medicine but hope in the future to have it all

under control.

Please take care of yourself, and tell Superman

I send my love. Hugs Dede Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape in the new year.

[Guest guest]

Goodmorning Sweet Lea ~

I am so glad the cortisone is beginning

to help you some. A blessing ! Please

take it easy doing things, and just do them

as you can, easily and without hurting you.

I love you and hope that you continue to feel

better and better.

I am no longer angry with the drug companies,

FDA, and doctors, just totally disgusted and

no longer have any respect or trust for most all

of them. We do have our angels tho......

They will all be greedy trash until proven

otherwise. I am determined to heal naturally

with natural means, the best I can. I realize

right now, I do have to have some conventional

medicine but hope in the future to have it all

under control.

Please take care of yourself, and tell Superman

I send my love. Hugs Dede Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape in the new year.

[Guest guest]

I am hoping that more and more Americans will become aware of and

utilize natural medicine for their health needs, and stay away from

the doctors.

The news video I saw this morning associated with this article

attributes our dismal showing in this study to a lack of health care

coverage. However, in my case, using the insurance coverage to go to

MD's when I was most sick would not have done anything positive for

me. Instead it would have wasted thousands of dollars in health care

costs. These doctors would have been scratching their heads and

saying, " We don't know what's wrong with you, but we'll find out. "

(Those are the exact words from one of the MD's).

I am a living testimonial!!!! At the sickest time of my life, I did

not need to use health insurance, other than for explant. What I

needed to get better was someone who understood the human body from a

perspective of natural healing and detoxification, using natural

therapies that cost pennies.

We don't need more money thrown at health care in this country. We

spend the most of any industrialized nation as it is. What we need

are more intelligent doctors who will quit being puppets to the

pharmaceutical companies, and more people who are willing to start

taking responsibility for the way the eat, the way they live and

realizing that modern processed foods are deadly!

Patty

>

> Is this any surprise? What's worse is that it fell 4 places

> from a

> > decade ago. They attribute the problem to lack of health

> insurance

> > coverage. I, myself, would think diet has alot to do with it.

> >

> > France best, U.S. worst in preventable death ranking

> > By Will Dunham

> > Tue Jan 8, 12:21 AM ET

> >

> > France, Japan and Australia rated best and the United States

> worst in

> > new rankings focusing on preventable deaths due to treatable

> > conditions in 19 leading industrialized nations, researchers

> said on

> > Tuesday.

> >

> > If the U.S. health care system performed as well as those of

> those

> > top three countries, there would be 101,000 fewer deaths in

the

> > United States per year, according to researchers writing in

the

> > journal Health Affairs.

> >

> > Researchers Ellen Nolte and McKee of the London School

> of

> > Hygiene and Tropical Medicine tracked deaths that they deemed

> could

> > have been prevented by access to timely and effective health

> care,

> > and ranked nations on how they did.

> >

> > They called such deaths an important way to gauge the

> performance of

> > a country's health care system.

> >

> > Nolte said the large number of Americans who lack any type of

> health

> > insurance -- about 47 million people in a country of about

300

> > million, according to U.S. government estimates -- probably

was

> a key

> > factor in the poor showing of the United States compared to

> other

> > industrialized nations in the study.

> >

> > " I wouldn't say it (the last-place ranking) is a

condemnation,

> > because I think health care in the U.S. is pretty good if you

> have

> > access. But if you don't, I think that's the main problem,

> isn't it? "

> > Nolte said in a telephone interview.

> >

> > In establishing their rankings, the researchers considered

> deaths

> > before age 75 from numerous causes, including heart disease,

> stroke,

> > certain cancers, diabetes, certain bacterial infections and

> > complications of common surgical procedures.

> >

> > Such deaths accounted for 23 percent of overall deaths in men

> and 32

> > percent of deaths in women, the researchers said.

> >

> > France did best -- with 64.8 deaths deemed preventable by

> timely and

> > effective health care per 100,000 people, in the study period

> of 2002

> > and 2003. Japan had 71.2 and Australia had 71.3 such deaths

per

> > 100,000 people. The United States had 109.7 such deaths per

> 100,000

> > people, the researchers said.

> >

> > After the top three, Spain was fourth best, followed in order

> by

> > Italy, Canada, Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden, Greece,

> Austria,

> > Germany, Finland, New Zealand, Denmark, Britain, Ireland and

> > Portugal, with the United States last.

> >

> > PREVIOUS RANKINGS

> >

> > The researchers compared these rankings with rankings for the

> same 19

> > countries covering the period of 1997 and 1998. France and

> Japan also

> > were first and second in those rankings, while the United

> States was

> > 15th, meaning it fell four places in the latest rankings.

> >

> > All the countries made progress in reducing preventable

deaths

> from

> > these earlier rankings, the researchers said. These types of

> deaths

> > dropped by an average of 16 percent for the nations in the

> study, but

> > the U.S. decline was only 4 percent.

> >

> > The research was backed by the Commonwealth Fund, a private

New

> York-

> > based health policy foundation.

> >

> > " It is startling to see the U.S. falling even farther behind

on

> this

> > crucial indicator of health system performance, " Commonwealth

> Fund

> > Senior Vice President Schoen said.

> >

> > " The fact that other countries are reducing these preventable

> deaths

> > more rapidly, yet spending far less, indicates that policy,

> goals and

> > efforts to improve health systems make a difference, " Schoen

> added in

> > a statement.

> >

> > (Editing by Osterman)

> >

>

[Guest guest]

I am hoping that more and more Americans will become aware of and

utilize natural medicine for their health needs, and stay away from

the doctors.

The news video I saw this morning associated with this article

attributes our dismal showing in this study to a lack of health care

coverage. However, in my case, using the insurance coverage to go to

MD's when I was most sick would not have done anything positive for

me. Instead it would have wasted thousands of dollars in health care

costs. These doctors would have been scratching their heads and

saying, " We don't know what's wrong with you, but we'll find out. "

(Those are the exact words from one of the MD's).

I am a living testimonial!!!! At the sickest time of my life, I did

not need to use health insurance, other than for explant. What I

needed to get better was someone who understood the human body from a

perspective of natural healing and detoxification, using natural

therapies that cost pennies.

We don't need more money thrown at health care in this country. We

spend the most of any industrialized nation as it is. What we need

are more intelligent doctors who will quit being puppets to the

pharmaceutical companies, and more people who are willing to start

taking responsibility for the way the eat, the way they live and

realizing that modern processed foods are deadly!

Patty

>

> Is this any surprise? What's worse is that it fell 4 places

> from a

> > decade ago. They attribute the problem to lack of health

> insurance

> > coverage. I, myself, would think diet has alot to do with it.

> >

> > France best, U.S. worst in preventable death ranking

> > By Will Dunham

> > Tue Jan 8, 12:21 AM ET

> >

> > France, Japan and Australia rated best and the United States

> worst in

> > new rankings focusing on preventable deaths due to treatable

> > conditions in 19 leading industrialized nations, researchers

> said on

> > Tuesday.

> >

> > If the U.S. health care system performed as well as those of

> those

> > top three countries, there would be 101,000 fewer deaths in

the

> > United States per year, according to researchers writing in

the

> > journal Health Affairs.

> >

> > Researchers Ellen Nolte and McKee of the London School

> of

> > Hygiene and Tropical Medicine tracked deaths that they deemed

> could

> > have been prevented by access to timely and effective health

> care,

> > and ranked nations on how they did.

> >

> > They called such deaths an important way to gauge the

> performance of

> > a country's health care system.

> >

> > Nolte said the large number of Americans who lack any type of

> health

> > insurance -- about 47 million people in a country of about

300

> > million, according to U.S. government estimates -- probably

was

> a key

> > factor in the poor showing of the United States compared to

> other

> > industrialized nations in the study.

> >

> > " I wouldn't say it (the last-place ranking) is a

condemnation,

> > because I think health care in the U.S. is pretty good if you

> have

> > access. But if you don't, I think that's the main problem,

> isn't it? "

> > Nolte said in a telephone interview.

> >

> > In establishing their rankings, the researchers considered

> deaths

> > before age 75 from numerous causes, including heart disease,

> stroke,

> > certain cancers, diabetes, certain bacterial infections and

> > complications of common surgical procedures.

> >

> > Such deaths accounted for 23 percent of overall deaths in men

> and 32

> > percent of deaths in women, the researchers said.

> >

> > France did best -- with 64.8 deaths deemed preventable by

> timely and

> > effective health care per 100,000 people, in the study period

> of 2002

> > and 2003. Japan had 71.2 and Australia had 71.3 such deaths

per

> > 100,000 people. The United States had 109.7 such deaths per

> 100,000

> > people, the researchers said.

> >

> > After the top three, Spain was fourth best, followed in order

> by

> > Italy, Canada, Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden, Greece,

> Austria,

> > Germany, Finland, New Zealand, Denmark, Britain, Ireland and

> > Portugal, with the United States last.

> >

> > PREVIOUS RANKINGS

> >

> > The researchers compared these rankings with rankings for the

> same 19

> > countries covering the period of 1997 and 1998. France and

> Japan also

> > were first and second in those rankings, while the United

> States was

> > 15th, meaning it fell four places in the latest rankings.

> >

> > All the countries made progress in reducing preventable

deaths

> from

> > these earlier rankings, the researchers said. These types of

> deaths

> > dropped by an average of 16 percent for the nations in the

> study, but

> > the U.S. decline was only 4 percent.

> >

> > The research was backed by the Commonwealth Fund, a private

New

> York-

> > based health policy foundation.

> >

> > " It is startling to see the U.S. falling even farther behind

on

> this

> > crucial indicator of health system performance, " Commonwealth

> Fund

> > Senior Vice President Schoen said.

> >

> > " The fact that other countries are reducing these preventable

> deaths

> > more rapidly, yet spending far less, indicates that policy,

> goals and

> > efforts to improve health systems make a difference, " Schoen

> added in

> > a statement.

> >

> > (Editing by Osterman)

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Dede, thank you for your support. The Cortisone is working, but it is taking quite a bit of time. I have had these shots before, and they have always worked. I am so far behind in my work, that I feel I will never get everything done. This morning, I plan on taking the Christmas tree down and finish the laundry. I did most all of 's filing in bed yesterday, but now it must be filed into the filing cabinet...in the basement...yuk.

I am still angry that they claim that no women have died from silicone/saline breast implants. Many women have died; however, we need families to help us prove that this has happened....but they do not. I could name many!

We love you.....Lea and Superman

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~```

Re: US Worst in preventable death ranking

Lea ~

I had so many steroids in the 90's that

they quit working on me and actually gave

me worse lupus flares, and the migranes

and body pain became more often......

I pray they have something else to help you.

Love Dede

Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape in the new year.

[Guest guest]

Dede, thank you for your support. The Cortisone is working, but it is taking quite a bit of time. I have had these shots before, and they have always worked. I am so far behind in my work, that I feel I will never get everything done. This morning, I plan on taking the Christmas tree down and finish the laundry. I did most all of 's filing in bed yesterday, but now it must be filed into the filing cabinet...in the basement...yuk.

I am still angry that they claim that no women have died from silicone/saline breast implants. Many women have died; however, we need families to help us prove that this has happened....but they do not. I could name many!

We love you.....Lea and Superman

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~```

Re: US Worst in preventable death ranking

Lea ~

I had so many steroids in the 90's that

they quit working on me and actually gave

me worse lupus flares, and the migranes

and body pain became more often......

I pray they have something else to help you.

Love Dede

Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape in the new year.