Comments on: Canadian Politicians Without a Queue http://thepatientfactor.com/canadian-health-care-information/canadian-politicians-without-a-queue/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:26:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: admin http://thepatientfactor.com/canadian-health-care-information/canadian-politicians-without-a-queue/comment-page-1/#comment-195 admin Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:31:36 +0000 http://thepatientfactor.com/?p=608#comment-195 Dashing Leech, Jean Chretien is a case in point - the point being that our health care queues do not provide all Canadians with equal access to care based on need. Unlike your friend's father, who entered the emergency department, Jean Chretien was able to bypass the emergency department queue. You're right, reliable statistics showing the prevalence of preferential access to care would be helpful although it may be difficult to collect and report data on Canadians who never enter the queue. Let me know if you come across any updated statistics on the subject and I'll update the post. Dashing Leech,
Jean Chretien is a case in point – the point being that our health care queues do not provide all Canadians with equal access to care based on need. Unlike your friend’s father, who entered the emergency department, Jean Chretien was able to bypass the emergency department queue. You’re right, reliable statistics showing the prevalence of preferential access to care would be helpful although it may be difficult to collect and report data on Canadians who never enter the queue. Let me know if you come across any updated statistics on the subject and I’ll update the post.

]]> By: Dashing Leech http://thepatientfactor.com/canadian-health-care-information/canadian-politicians-without-a-queue/comment-page-1/#comment-194 Dashing Leech Sun, 21 Nov 2010 17:25:55 +0000 http://thepatientfactor.com/?p=608#comment-194 Anecdotal stories do not make statistics. If politicians are getting preferential treatment, you need to show it statistically. The father of a friend of mine went into the ER a few weeks ago and got emergency surgery the next day. From the sounds of it, Chretien actually needed emergency surgery too. Not only are you missing statistics, you are missing actual diagnoses and instead inserting anecdotal stories and insinuation in their place. That's hardly convincing of anything. Anecdotal stories do not make statistics. If politicians are getting preferential treatment, you need to show it statistically. The father of a friend of mine went into the ER a few weeks ago and got emergency surgery the next day.

From the sounds of it, Chretien actually needed emergency surgery too. Not only are you missing statistics, you are missing actual diagnoses and instead inserting anecdotal stories and insinuation in their place. That’s hardly convincing of anything.

]]> By: Danny Williams’ Life Saving Leap Raises Questions About the Politics of Canadian Health Care | thepatientfactor.com http://thepatientfactor.com/canadian-health-care-information/canadian-politicians-without-a-queue/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Danny Williams’ Life Saving Leap Raises Questions About the Politics of Canadian Health Care | thepatientfactor.com Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:30:01 +0000 http://thepatientfactor.com/?p=608#comment-27 [...] health care. It may be easier for some politicians to justify leaving the country rather than jumping the queues within it. Williams, like many before him, is exercising an individual freedom of choice in health [...] [...] health care. It may be easier for some politicians to justify leaving the country rather than jumping the queues within it. Williams, like many before him, is exercising an individual freedom of choice in health [...]

]]> By: Ronal Morse http://thepatientfactor.com/canadian-health-care-information/canadian-politicians-without-a-queue/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Ronal Morse Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:15:03 +0000 http://thepatientfactor.com/?p=608#comment-26 What incredible luck to have surgury so fast, the only way for the general public to get surgury done so fast is if we need A) A vascetomy B) Female tubes tied or womb removal (hysterectomy).. Anything else generally is a long long wait. Amazing. What incredible luck to have surgury so fast, the only way for the general public to get surgury done so fast is if we need

A) A vascetomy

B) Female tubes tied or womb removal (hysterectomy)..

Anything else generally is a long long wait.

Amazing.

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