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> US Ranks Last Among Other Industrialized Nations On Preventable Deaths,
Re****t
> Shows
> ScienceDaily (Jan. 8, 2008) - The United States places last among 19
countries
> when it comes to deaths that could have been prevented by access to
timely
and
> effective health care, according to new research. While other nations
> dramatically improved these rates between 1997--98 and 2002--03, the
U.S.
> improved only slightly.
>
> If the U.S. had performed as well as the top three countries out of
the19
> industrialized countries in the study there would have been 101,000
fewer
> deaths in the U.S. per year by the end of the study period. The top
performers
> were France, Japan, and Australia.
>
> In "Measuring the Health of Nations: Updating an Earlier Analysis,"
Ellen
Nolte
> and Martin McKee of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
compare
> trends in deaths that could have been prevented by access to timely and
> effective health care. Specifically, they looked at deaths "amenable to
health
> care before age 75 between 1997--98 and 2002--03."
>
> Nolte and McKee found that while other countries made strides and saw
these
> types of deaths decline by an average of 16%, the U.S. experienced only
a
4%
> decline. "It is notable that all countries have improved substantially
except
> the U.S.," said Nolte, lead author of the study. The authors also note
that "it
> is difficult to disregard the observation that the slow decline in U.S.
> amenable mortality has coincided with an increase in the uninsured
population,
> an issue that is now receiving renewed attention in several states and
among
> presidential candidates from both parties."
>
> "It is startling to see the U.S. falling even farther behind on this
crucial
> indicator of health system performance," said Commonwealth Fund Senior
Vice
> President Cathy Schoen. "By focusing on deaths amenable to health care,
Nolte
> and McKee strip out factors such as population and lifestyle differences
that
> are often cited in response to international comparisons showing the
U.S.
> lagging in health outcomes. 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."
>
> In 1997--98 the U.S. ranked 15th out of 19 countries on the "mortality
amenable
> to health care" measure. However, by 2002--03 the U.S. fell to last
place,
with
> 109 deaths amenable to health care for every 100,000 people. In
contrast,
> mortality rates per 100,000 people in the leading countries were: France
(64),
> Japan (71), and Australia (71). The other countries included in the
study
were
> Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy,
> Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, ****tugal, Spain, Sweden and the United
> Kingdom.
>
> Study authors state that the measure of deaths amenable to health care
is
a
> valuable indicator of health system performance because it is sensitive
to
> improved care, including public health initiatives. It considers a range
of
> conditions from which it is reasonable to expect death to be averted
even
after
> the condition develops. This includes causes such as appendicitis and
> hypertension, where the medical nature of the intervention is apparent;
it
also
> includes illnesses that can be detected early with effective screenings
such as
> cervical or colon cancer, and tuberculosis which, while acquisition is
largely
> driven by socio-economic conditions, is not fatal when treated in a
timely
> manner.
>
> "Cross-national studies conducted by The Commonwealth Fund indicate that
our
> failure to cover all Americans results in financial barriers that are
much
more
> likely to prevent many U.S. adults from getting the care they need,
compared
> with adults in other countries," said Commonwealth Fund President Karen
Davis.
> "While no one country provides a perfect model of care, there are many
lessons
> to be learned from the strategies at work abroad."
>
> This research was sup****ted by The Commonwealth Fund and published in
the
> January/February issue of Health Affairs. The Commonwealth Fund is an
> independent foundation working toward health policy reform and a high
> performance health system.
>
> Adapted from materials provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical
> Medicine.
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