re: #639 researchok

In the strictest sense of analysis, you have to measure patient satisfaction rates, physician satisfaction rates treatment protocols, access to services, proximity to both basic and advanced health care, accessibility, wait times for treatment, surgery, number of health care providers and types per 1,000, etc.

Right, real world outcomes don’t matter a bit, just intangible touchy feely things like physician satisfaction and finding three different ways to phrase “access.” Who cares about the actual metrics, heath care and cancer outcomes, why they live longer, have relatively fewer low birth weight babies and more successful births. No, we couldn’t possibly be fatter and die sooner because our culture is one of self centered indulgence, that would make too much sense.