Comments on: Paying for Hospital Activity http://www.leanblog.org/2008/05/paying-for-hospital-activity/ Mark Graban's leanblog.org - Lean Healthcare, Lean Thinking, Lean Manufacturing, Toyota Production System Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:59:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anonymous http://www.leanblog.org/2008/05/paying-for-hospital-activity/#comment-3522 Anonymous Wed, 07 May 2008 03:40:00 +0000 http://leanblog.bigbigdesign.net/2008/05/paying-for-hospital-activity/#comment-3522 I sure wish we could pay for wellness instead of paying for sickness-related activity. I'd rather pay for someone to be my partner in keeping me healthy rather than paying them piecework for WHAT they do. I sure wish we could pay for wellness instead of paying for sickness-related activity. I’d rather pay for someone to be my partner in keeping me healthy rather than paying them piecework for WHAT they do.

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]]> By: Matthieu http://www.leanblog.org/2008/05/paying-for-hospital-activity/#comment-3521 Matthieu Tue, 06 May 2008 18:11:00 +0000 http://leanblog.bigbigdesign.net/2008/05/paying-for-hospital-activity/#comment-3521 Actually, France has recently (2-3 years if I'm correct) moved from block funding to activity-based funding, at least in some parts of its healthcare system. I don't know the mid-term results, but it was heavily criticized at first as leading to less attention to patient with "long" treatment, as opposed to a focus on quick, profitable operations.<br/><br/>It's still way better than in US but I don't understand why France is abandoning the principles that made it the best (and most fair) healthcare system in the world. Actually, France has recently (2-3 years if I’m correct) moved from block funding to activity-based funding, at least in some parts of its healthcare system. I don’t know the mid-term results, but it was heavily criticized at first as leading to less attention to patient with “long” treatment, as opposed to a focus on quick, profitable operations.

It’s still way better than in US but I don’t understand why France is abandoning the principles that made it the best (and most fair) healthcare system in the world.

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]]> By: Jennifer Eliuk http://www.leanblog.org/2008/05/paying-for-hospital-activity/#comment-3520 Jennifer Eliuk Tue, 06 May 2008 16:11:00 +0000 http://leanblog.bigbigdesign.net/2008/05/paying-for-hospital-activity/#comment-3520 I'm from BC and I've seen this dysfunction. My father had a herniated disk and could not even sit up, he was completely laid out and in pain, and was told it would be ONE YEAR for surgery. We had to find a loophole in the system to get him in, which worked, but he was still in the hospital much longer than he would have been in the States or Ontario. What many people don't know is that each Province has its own system, it isn't the same system Canada-wide. Ontario is far better than B.C. Michael Moore's film Sicko is depressingly accurate in that regard. Who wants to move to France? I do! I do! I’m from BC and I’ve seen this dysfunction. My father had a herniated disk and could not even sit up, he was completely laid out and in pain, and was told it would be ONE YEAR for surgery. We had to find a loophole in the system to get him in, which worked, but he was still in the hospital much longer than he would have been in the States or Ontario. What many people don’t know is that each Province has its own system, it isn’t the same system Canada-wide. Ontario is far better than B.C. Michael Moore’s film Sicko is depressingly accurate in that regard. Who wants to move to France? I do! I do!

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