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Originally Posted by crazy_eoj
Administrative costs of 3.3% are based on self-reported numbers done by.... the administration. Surprised!? They often don't count physicians or nurses doing primarily administrative work in these costs.
Using the definition of administration as: " people working to direct the activity of health care but do not directly participate in patient care as a major portion of function " (as in line with the OECD #'s) shows administrative costs of 15%.
The bureaucracy is real.
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You are deluded if you think numbers get fudged in an entity that spends billions of dollars and has audited financial statements.
By the way, here is a link to the information, which was compiled by the Canadian Institute for Health Information, which is an independent, not-for-profit organization that provides essential information on Canada's health systems and the health of Canadians.
here is a link -
https://bit.ly/2UjkYyd