{"id":1738,"date":"2009-08-19T19:52:23","date_gmt":"2009-08-20T00:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/thickculture\/?p=1738"},"modified":"2009-08-19T20:08:19","modified_gmt":"2009-08-20T01:08:19","slug":"french-healthcare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/thickculture\/2009\/08\/19\/french-healthcare\/","title":{"rendered":"French Healthcare"},"content":{"rendered":"

While I tend to agree with Paul Krugman<\/a><\/strong> that the Obama healthcare proposal is most akin to a Swiss-style healthcare programme {Hat Tip:: KM}, I think it’s useful to look at systems comparatively. \u00a0This clip is not from Sicko<\/a><\/strong>, but from CBS Sunday Morning::<\/p>\n

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While the French model is having its problems on the financing side and it is indeed embedded with French culture, I think it provides insights into thinking about healthcare as an institution. \u00a0I’m interested in how policy can shape innovation and if the federal government has monopsony power, it can create incentives for improvements in delivery. \u00a0The diagnostic approach and the housecalls are interesting approaches, but this would necessitate change. \u00a0Sociology predicts that there will be institutional resistance to change, but health care reform has the unique opportunity to shape new institutional logics. \u00a0I saw a presentation at ASA<\/a><\/strong> on compliance with a law limiting the hours of medical residents. \u00a0You would think it was a no-brainer. \u00a0It’s the law, hence there would be compliance. \u00a0Wrong. \u00a0The social construction of the medical establishment overrode this, shaping actual praxis.<\/p>\n

Twitterversion:: Clip from\u00a0#CBS<\/a> Sunday Morn. on French healthcare. While not directly applicable, food 4 thought re: innov. & improvements.http:\/\/url.ie\/28qf<\/a> @Prof_K<\/a><\/p>\n

Song:: La Mer<\/p>\n

La Mer – Francoise Hardy<\/a><\/p>\n

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La Mer (Beyond The Sea) – Bobby Darin<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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