title: The political abuse of international health system comparisons.
abstract: Though the science of medicine subscribes to learning from best practices and the transmission of superior treatment regimens across national boundaries, the same ethos does not inform political debates surrounding health system reform. The Canadian and English health systems have been used - and, more frequently - abused by American politicians in their quest to support their own model of reform, or preserve the status quo.
authors.affiliation: SUNY-Downstate School of Public Health, Brooklyn, New York 11203, USA. Daniel.Ehlke@downstate.edu
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ehlke
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015276:Health Care Rationing / Q000458:organization & administration; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D011057:Politics; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006113:United Kingdom