You're disputing an article written last week with a report from 2002? Really?
Really? On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 10:25 AM, Larry Lyons<larrycly...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Knowing they send the real sick people to the US for treatment it >> ain't that bad. >> > And that is a simple bit of propaganda bullshit. The actual numbers are so > small as to be essentially statistical noise: > > http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/21/3/19 > > Phantoms In The Snow: Canadians Use Of Health Care Services In The United > States > Steven J. Katz, Karen Cardiff, Marina Pascali, Morris L. Barer and Robert G.. > Evans > Health Affairs and Policy Research 2002 21(3):19-31. > > To examine the extent to which Canadian residents seek medical care across > the border, we collected data about Canadians use of services from > ambulatory care facilities and hospitals located in Michigan, New York State, > and Washington State during 19941998. We also collected information from > several Canadian sources, including the 1996 National Population Health > Survey, the provincial Ministries of Health, and the Canadian Life and Health > Insurance Association. Results from these sources do not support the > widespread perception that Canadian residents seek care extensively in the > United States. Indeed, the numbers found are so small as to be barely > detectible relative to the use of care by Canadians at home. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:302898 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
