Where Is The Best Healthcare?
Where is the best healthcare?
It’s a rhetorical question.
My answer is based on a lifetime of observations and conversations with friends – up north, as well as in TV.
The best healthcare is always SOMEWHERE ELSE.
It doesn’t matter where you live – central Florida or the Midwest or the Northeast or the West Coast. I believe that people generally feel that the best medical care – primary care physician (PCP), specialist, clinic, hospital – is not HERE, it is THERE.
It seems that size does matter. The clinic THERE with more PCPs seems to be the best. The specialty center THERE with more specialists is the best. The specialty center that focuses on one type of condition (cancer, for example) is the best. The hospital THERE associated with a university is perceived to be the best. The hospital THERE which is part of a large group of hospitals is the best.
Personally, I sometimes wonder if the providers THERE are better. Could it be that the Marketing Departments THERE are better? Some people are sure that they will receive the best care THERE. They feel the healthcare HERE does not measure up to that given THERE. Is this feeling based on fact or perception from marketing?
Thoughts?
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