ROTFL On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 5:40 AM, Larry Lyons<larrycly...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I prefer studies taken from peer reviewed journals than most newspapers. > There is some degree of independent vetting of the facts, rather than right > wing agendas and editorializing thinly disguised as news reporting. > >> 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. >
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