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abc wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 30, 2023 9:39 pm

how come all this money spent on 'improving health' hasn't been leading to better health outcomes over these past few decades but rather worse?

What?!?! If you had a heart attack in the 80's you had a much greater of dying than today....todays medical response is more nuanced and knowledgeable.

If you have a baby born prematurely in the 80's the likelihood of survival today is much better than in the past......

Same with numerous other disease and ailments.........

Longevity in Australia is increasing and one major component of this is "better healthcare".

Better health outcomes are the result of better prevention, more research and better management of health issues. Increasing a hospital from 6 storeys to 8 storeys is no guarantee of better health outcomes likewise increasing the cardiac ward from 100 beds to 150 beds does not guarantee you a better health outcome.

Anecdotally I have heard that RAH has a problem with patients who want to stay at the hospital rather than recouperating at home because the "hospital has a nicer atmosphere, a nice view and meal service"

Funding has increased to hospital services but decreased from prevention services. This increases the number of people attending hospital and increases the co-morbidities. End result, longer stays in hospitals, more bed block, more ramping.

Also, ageing population and Australia now pushing America in the obesity race. End result, longer stays in hospitals, more bed block, more ramping.

urban wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 31, 2023 2:40 pm

Funding has increased to hospital services but decreased from prevention services. This increases the number of people attending hospital and increases the co-morbidities. End result, longer stays in hospitals, more bed block, more ramping.

Also, ageing population and Australia now pushing America in the obesity race. End result, longer stays in hospitals, more bed block, more ramping.

There's also the effect of reducing services in country hospitals, so more country patients end up in city hospitals.

Whyalla stopped offering maternity services, and someone said it was OK as expectant mothers could go to Cleve, Cowell, Kmba etc - except that those hospitals had already been sending expectant mothers to Whyalla for years - more babies born on the side of the road, and more high-risk births in metro hospitals, leading to more disruption to rural families, businesses etc.

Riverland cardiac patients are airlifted to Flinders.

etc.

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