- May 5, 2007
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I can understand why you would choose a private hospital in those circumstances. It sounds as if the public ones are drastically underfunded. Maybe that is the difference between our countries. Because we have national insurance we probably have more funds for the NHS than you do for the public hospitals. In the UK I doubt there is much difference between the two in terms of medical treatment and the NHS is generally very good. The difference comes in things like waiting times and non-medical issues such as having a private room and better choice of food etc. in private health care.and the reality that private is often (though not always better) They tend to have fewer people and and bettter conditions ( though not always. For example, in my area we have a public ( safety net) and a private hospital if I had my choice ( meaning I was not out cold and was able to be asked where I would whether go I would choose the private hospital. Why? because in my experenice ( people I know and stories of others. The public hospital either has not admitted them, tried not to admit them and they had to fight for it, sent them home too early, or not provided basic care ( such as refusing to get someone up because they were "too weak" yet if you do nothing but lie in bed of course you will be weak. The private hospital is smaller, has less wait times, did not send my oved one home "too early" ( though he still was in somewhat por shape but that was because of the seriousness of the condition that sent him there and proabaly his age not because they rushed him out the door. You are therefore offten still left with the wealthier people having better care/services and healthcare is not the only area in which that may apply The truth is money makes things easier fair maybe not but as my late father (who died early himself) often said life is not fair ad fair is for grade K.
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