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First-ever global study finds massive health care inequity
First-ever global study finds massive healthcare inequity18 May 2017 Credit: CC0 Public DomainA First-ever global study finds massive inequity ofaccess to and quality of health care among andwithin countries, and concludes people are dyingfrom causes with well-known treatments. "What we have found about health care accessand quality is disturbing," said Dr. ChristopherMurray, senior author of the study and Director ofthe Institute for health Metrics and Evaluation(IHME) at the University of Washington. "Having astrong economy does not guarantee good healthcare . Having great medical technology doesn'teither. We know this because people are notgetting the care that should be expected fordiseases with established treatments."For example, on a scale of 1 to 100 for health careaccess and quality , Norway and Australia eachscored 90 overall, among the highest in the , Norway scored 65 in its treatment fortesticular cancer, and Australia scored 52 fortreating non-melanoma skin cancer.
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