Quote Originally Posted by FlashLackey View Post
How is that twisting numbers? They clearly explain the criteria they used for their study.
Yes, and the criteria was exclusive.


You are mistaken. There are more than 50 JCI hospitals in the world and the report used data from non-JCI as well as JCI hospitals.
How many non-JCI hospitals out of the total?


Quote Originally Posted by FlashLackey View Post
No they don't. They simply define their criteria.
Yes, and the criteria was exclusive.

This link is obviously going to be biased towards promoting medical travel considering the source, but it is an interesting read on why one 'respected industry analyst' says Mckinsey got it wrong.

McKinsey’s research on why people go into foreign hospitals conflicts with all other reports and the experience of people in this business. The clue here is that “Nearly every provider [McKinsey] visited has received this form of [JCI] accreditation”. This is a basic sampling error. Simply researching JCI hospitals does not represent a fair or accurate sample in any country. The vast majority of medical travellers use clinics, surgeries and hospitals that are not and have no need nor inclination to be part of the JCI system.
Quote Originally Posted by FlashLackey View Post
To re-cap: the majority of people going somewhere for a procedure complicated enough that it requires they stay at a hospital over night are going to the US. This is an indication that the quality of health care in the US is very high.
So, I forget, too much to re-read ...How did we get to where the number of overnight stays in US hospitals from medical tourists somehow measure the quality of the health care system in the US overall?

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