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Want a Healthier Population? Spend Less on Health Care and More on Social Services

posted by janrinok on Tuesday January 23 2018, @11:51PM   Printer-friendly

AnonTechie writes:

"Spending more on health care sounds like it should improve health, but our study suggests that is not the case and social spending could be used to improve the health of everyone," says Dr. Daniel Dutton, The School of Public Policy, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta. "Relative to health care, we spend little on social services per person, so redistributing money to social services from health care is actually a small change in health care spending."

Health care costs are expanding in many developed countries like Canada, and governments are seeking ways to contain costs while maintaining a healthy population. Treating the social determinants of health like income, education, or social and physical living environments through spending on social services can help address the root causes of disease and poor health. However, health spending continues to make up the lion's share of spending.

[...] The commentary author suggests governments should allocate social spending fairly for both young and old to ensure that the younger generation is not being shortchanged.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/01/180122104016.htm

[Paper]: Effect of provincial spending on social services and health care on health outcomes in Canada: an observational longitudinal study

[Related]: The need for health in all policies in Canada

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  • (Score: 5, Informative) by Azuma Hazuki on Wednesday January 24 2018, @03:48AM (6 children)

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Wednesday January 24 2018, @03:48AM (#626954) Journal

    And yet, you went off and did it anyway...

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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by aristarchus on Wednesday January 24 2018, @04:33AM (5 children)

    by aristarchus (2645) on Wednesday January 24 2018, @04:33AM (#626966) Journal

    And to remind some birds of carrion, disagreement is not a valid reason for down-mods. Instead, you should offer a valid rational argument in response to a parody of your position, which, by the way, is pretty funny, if I do say so myself.

    • (Score: 5, Informative) by Azuma Hazuki on Wednesday January 24 2018, @06:53AM (4 children)

      by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Wednesday January 24 2018, @06:53AM (#627018) Journal

      He hasn't got one. On the other thread a ways back, he was reduced multiple times to rocking back and forth and screeching like an autist that taxes are theft because shut up you fucking commie moron cunt. I'm pretty sure the entire site has his number now.

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      • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday January 24 2018, @07:43AM (3 children)

        by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday January 24 2018, @07:43AM (#627036) Journal

        I'm pretty sure the entire site has his number now.

        I admit I missed it. Should I be sorry about?

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        • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Wednesday January 24 2018, @09:42PM (2 children)

          by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Wednesday January 24 2018, @09:42PM (#627403) Journal

          Well, you're one of the ones who had it before that. Basically, in the Davos topic, he's been reduced to shrieking at the top of his carrion-smelling flow-through lungs that taxation is theft and that's the bottom line, and fuck everyone else, no one is getting one red cent out of him.

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          • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday January 24 2018, @09:50PM (1 child)

            by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday January 24 2018, @09:50PM (#627406) Journal

            Ah, sounds his "natural" reaction.
            He's so keen to defend the rights of those who 'uck him deep I start to believe he likes it.

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