…at hospitals anyway, according to some organization:
Researchers at the Institute of Global Health Innovation at Imperial College London examined data on 38 developed countries.
The experts focused on four key patient safety indicators for their rankings: maternal mortality, treatable mortality, adverse effects of medical treatment and neonatal disorders.
For those who are too lazy to follow the link, here’s the table:
Yeah, I know: our hospitals are ranked lower because we take on more hopeless cases than most other countries will accept. (Whenever you read about some Third-World mope who needs to have the extra toes growing out of his neck removed, it’s always off to the U.S. and not to Sweden, because they just won’t take the case.)
I also note with some skepticism the high rank of the Netherlands, which is the absolute last place where I’d go to hospital because of the Dutchies’ fondness for involuntary euthanasia.
Finally, not being of a medical bent myself, I have no idea whether the criteria of “maternal mortality, treatable mortality, adverse effects of medical treatment and neonatal disorders” are the best pointers towards judgement of hospital quality; I’ll leave that to my Sawbones Readers to comment on.