Links tagged with “healthcare”
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Considerations On Cost Disease | Slate Star Codex
On why (American) housing costs, teaching, healthcare, universities, etc cost much, much more than they did a few decades ago, but are, if anything, worse. (via @genmon)
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Watch this (4 minutes) and recall that every one… - Fresser.
So many people are idiots. Really, idiots. I wish this clip showed more of the interviewees being told Obamacare and The Affordable Care Act are the same.
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Can Hospital Chains Improve the Medical Industry? : The New Yorker
About new ways large US hospital chains are trying to optimise things, but actually most interesting when talking about how The Cheesecake Factory does its logistics and training. (From August 2012 via ?)
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James Meek · It’s already happened: The NHS Goes Private · LRB 22 September 2011
Long, good, interesting, righteous-anger-inducing article about the ongoing privatisation of the NHS, and how the service compares to other options. I am struggling not to swear.
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NGM Blog Central - The Cost of Care - National Geographic Magazine - NGM.com
Nice infographic. Not understandable in a very quick glance but it shows a lot of info after a couple of seconds. Also, the UK looks nicely average. (via Kottke)
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YouTube - NHS - Marr’s Modern Britain
Andrew Marr on the introduction of the wonderful NHS.
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British Association for Performing Arts Medicine | BAPAM: health care for perfoming artists, musicians, dancers, actors
Specialist treatment for performers, including free health assessment clinics.