Do We Care About Quality or Quantity?

by Mariam Mostamandy · 2009-08-24 09:00:00 UTC
Topics:

comment of the week

Our comment of the week is from Catee Lalonde, who disagrees with Michael Keizer's take on global health equity. In the Why We Can't Have It All post, Michael says inequalities in global health will never completely disappear. Catee disagrees, arguing that efficient use of our resources could bring cost down and quality up at the same time:

I think sometimes we only look at quantity of resources rather than the quality of the resource allocation.  Spending what limited resources you have wisely might be more effective than spending a large amount of resources unwisely.  When it comes to extending life expectancy at birth (the example used last week) prevention programs can provide more bang for your buck than by focusing on treatments.  Don't get me wrong:  treatment is crucial - but more of a focus on prevention could reduce the often exorbitant costs of health care.

Catee, please contact me to choose where you would like your charity gift sent.

Mariam Mostamandy
PREVIOUS STORY:
What Can We Learn from Abortion Access?
NEXT STORY:
Campaign about Apple Factories in China Gains Wide and Diverse Support

COMMENTS (0)

    Comment Policy

    · All fields are required to comment.

    [X]

    Comments on Change.org are meant for further exploration and evaluation of the campaign on Change.org. To that end, we welcome constructive comments. However, we reserve the right to delete comments which, as determined solely in our discretion: (1) are offensive, abusive, or off-topic; (2) include content solely intended to personally attack the campaign creator, (3) are designed to subvert or hijack comment threads rather than contribute to them; and/or (4) violate our terms of service and/or privacy policy. Repeat offenders may be permanently removed from the site at our discretion. Please also be advised that: (A) we do not actively curate and/or monitor in any manner whatsoever the comments made on the Change.org platform, and (B) the creator of each campaign on Change.org may remove any comment at her/his/its discretion.