Thread: Sicko Revisited
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Old 11-21-2007, 06:14 PM
mrick mrick is offline
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Thats right, the US ranks higher is responsiveness, distribution, life expectancy, and overall goal achievement, and is RANKED 15 PLACES LOWER because Colombia's system has better "fairness of financial contribution" according to the WHO.


[/ QUOTE ]Yes, that's correct. It's the same criterion as the GINI index. (Those interested can google it up.) Having the sultan of Brunei and one million poor Bruneians, as an example, would make probably for a very high average income per capita. But the GINI index would suck. Same thing with "fairness of financial contribution"; in other words with How The Burden Is Shared.
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