Comment on German man says american are savages
raef@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Germany has a higher mortality rate for heart attacks than the US
Comment on German man says american are savages
raef@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Germany has a higher mortality rate for heart attacks than the US
vapeloki@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Source?
raef@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Source: SpringerMedizin.de share.google/Y3pDiTAszdpbbClj8
That’s just one of many such. It’s about 1.5 times the mortality rate
vapeloki@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
There is just one small flaw: this study only had a look at people that made it alive to the hospital.
Also, as the study said in noumorus places, whilefor Germany, full statistics where available, the USA data is more hit and miss, and therefore not as granular as German data.
While it is true that Germany has one of the worst life expectancies in western Europe, this is attributed more to our style of live then our health care system.
Ambulance waiting times cost lives.
That is a proven fact.
raef@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The national target for ambulance response time in the US is 9 minutes. It’s up to 19 in Germany
Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus 3 weeks ago
I would take that with a grain of salt, since the study here says it only deals with death inside of the hospital (which is what is expected of a system encouraging the individual to flee the expensive place as soon as possible):
Tuuktuuk@nord.pub 3 weeks ago
Also, when a share of the people die on the way to the hospital, the least healthy ones get culled from the the statistics. Some of the people why die into ambulances in USA would die in the hospital in Germany.
The multiplier of 1,5 can therefore also tell about a lot of people dying because of ambulances being stuck in traffic jams. Only the healthiest will make it to the hospital.
raef@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s hard to measure for those that don’t try , but have to assume death will be declared in hospital for those on their way there.