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When the term "socialized medicine" first appeared in the United States in the early 20th century, it bore no negative connotations. Otto P. Geier, chairman of the Preventive Medicine Section of the American Medical Association, was quoted in The New York Times in 1917 as praising socialized medicine as a way to "discover disease in its incipiency", help end "venereal diseases, alcoholism ...
The major emphasis on biomedical science in medical education, [2] health care, and medical research has resulted into a gap with our understanding and acknowledgement of far more important social determinants of health and individual disease: social-economic inequalities, war, illiteracy, detrimental life-styles (smoking, obesity), discrimination because of race, gender and religion.
There is a separate reimbursement system for prescribed medicine: after paying €578 per year, the remaining bought medicine will have a maximum price of €2.50 per purchase. [69] Finland has a highly decentralized three-level public system of health care and alongside this, a much smaller private health care system. [70]
Sigerist died in 1957, and his passing was mourned among many in the medical community, although his views on socialized medicine were often glossed over in obituaries in national newspapers. Although Sigerist's influence waned during the mid-20th century, he has slowly become an important figure again in medical history.
In Indonesia the number of midwives per 1,000 live births is unavailable and the lifetime risk of death for pregnant women is 1 in 190. [ 13 ] The 2012 maternal mortality rate per 100,000 live births is 359 deaths, a significant increased from 2010 data with 220 deaths and far from the MDGs goal of 102 deaths by the end of 2015.
Henry Norman Bethune (/ ˈ b ɛ θ. j uː n /; March 4, 1890 [1] – November 12, 1939; Chinese: 白求恩; pinyin: Bái Qiú'ēn [a]) was a Canadian thoracic surgeon, early advocate of socialized medicine, and member of the Communist Party of Canada.
As of 2019, there are 2,813 hospitals in Indonesia, 63.5% of which are run by private organisations. [2] In 2012, according to data from the Ministry of Health of Indonesia, there were 2,454 hospitals around the country, with a total of 305,242 beds, a figure of 0.9 bed per 1,000 inhabitants. Most hospitals are in urban areas.
The cover of Ronald Reagan Speaks Out Against Socialized Medicine. Operation Coffee Cup was a campaign conducted by the American Medical Association (AMA) Women's Auxiliary in early 1961 [1] in opposition to the Democrats' plans to extend Social Security to include health insurance for the elderly, later known as Medicare.