Auscandoc<p>Privatization of <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/Canadianhealthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Canadianhealthcare</span></a> is touted as innovation—it isn’t. <a href="https://canadahealthwatch.ca/2024/02/15/privatization-of-canadian-healthcare-is-touted-as-innovation-it-isnt" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">canadahealthwatch.ca/2024/02/1</span><span class="invisible">5/privatization-of-canadian-healthcare-is-touted-as-innovation-it-isnt</span></a> “According to health policy researcher Andrew Longhurst, data from Alberta demonstrates that increased <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>privatization</span></a> of surgeries has not reduced <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/publichospital" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>publichospital</span></a> wait times, that it has actually diverted scarce health human resources from the public system, and has led to a 6% decline in surgical volumes across the province.”</p>
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Auscandoc<p>“Our analysis suggests if an extra 65,000 people buy <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/PrivateHealthInsurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PrivateHealthInsurance</span></a>, <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/PublicHospital" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PublicHospital</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/WaitingLists" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WaitingLists</span></a> barely shift from the average 69 days. Waiting lists are an average just eight hours shorter.</p><p>In other words, we’ve used hospital admission and waiting-list data to show private health insurance doesn’t make much difference.” <a href="https://mastodon.social/@theconversationau/110963853029412856" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@theconversati</span><span class="invisible">onau/110963853029412856</span></a></p>
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