Comments on: Health Care Expenditure by Country http://www.rogupta.com/blog/2009/06/health-care-expenditures/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=health-care-expenditures random musings by rohit gupta Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:36:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: eric schmidt http://www.rogupta.com/blog/2009/06/health-care-expenditures/comment-page-1/#comment-1575 eric schmidt Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:39:40 +0000 http://rogupta.com/blog/?p=254#comment-1575 interesting work, and not to criticize, but the plot can be presented in much more informative ways. This plot is a bit confusing -- the countries are not linked in any way, so it doesn't make much sense to have the plot lines connecting each country. <br><br>A more interesting plot would be a scatter plot of any two of the variables, for example per capita expenditure versus life expectancy, and have each country be represented by it's name on the plot, with size of the name (or a dot) proportional to the country population. interesting work, and not to criticize, but the plot can be presented in much more informative ways. This plot is a bit confusing — the countries are not linked in any way, so it doesn't make much sense to have the plot lines connecting each country.

A more interesting plot would be a scatter plot of any two of the variables, for example per capita expenditure versus life expectancy, and have each country be represented by it's name on the plot, with size of the name (or a dot) proportional to the country population.

]]> By: eric schmidt http://www.rogupta.com/blog/2009/06/health-care-expenditures/comment-page-1/#comment-1563 eric schmidt Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:39:40 +0000 http://rogupta.com/blog/?p=254#comment-1563 interesting work, and not to criticize, but the plot can be presented in much more informative ways. This plot is a bit confusing -- the countries are not linked in any way, so it doesn't make much sense to have the plot lines connecting each country. <br><br>A more interesting plot would be a scatter plot of any two of the variables, for example per capita expenditure versus life expectancy, and have each country be represented by it's name on the plot, with size of the name (or a dot) proportional to the country population. interesting work, and not to criticize, but the plot can be presented in much more informative ways. This plot is a bit confusing — the countries are not linked in any way, so it doesn't make much sense to have the plot lines connecting each country.

A more interesting plot would be a scatter plot of any two of the variables, for example per capita expenditure versus life expectancy, and have each country be represented by it's name on the plot, with size of the name (or a dot) proportional to the country population.

]]> By: US Government Already Pays More Than Other Countries’ Single-Payer Systems | ro http://www.rogupta.com/blog/2009/06/health-care-expenditures/comment-page-1/#comment-1557 US Government Already Pays More Than Other Countries’ Single-Payer Systems | ro Fri, 31 Jul 2009 07:55:49 +0000 http://rogupta.com/blog/?p=254#comment-1557 [...] blogged about this before, but I thought it was relevant to cover again after reading Paul Krugman’s brief post and [...] [...] blogged about this before, but I thought it was relevant to cover again after reading Paul Krugman’s brief post and [...]

]]> By: rogupta http://www.rogupta.com/blog/2009/06/health-care-expenditures/comment-page-1/#comment-1552 rogupta Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:11:59 +0000 http://rogupta.com/blog/?p=254#comment-1552 Yes, very true. I bet the medical insurance companies give discounts based on these programs, and so there's probably a monetary incentive to have 'em. Thing is, it's more than just programs, it's a lifestyle... Yes, very true. I bet the medical insurance companies give discounts based on these programs, and so there's probably a monetary incentive to have 'em. Thing is, it's more than just programs, it's a lifestyle…

]]> By: Nimzter http://www.rogupta.com/blog/2009/06/health-care-expenditures/comment-page-1/#comment-1550 Nimzter Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:47:49 +0000 http://rogupta.com/blog/?p=254#comment-1550 Good stuff!<br>And you know what just hit me?... I can finally see why Medtronic/other companies have been investing heavily in health/wellness programs as a way to bring costs down long term... I wonder if it's a little to late though... Good stuff!
And you know what just hit me?… I can finally see why Medtronic/other companies have been investing heavily in health/wellness programs as a way to bring costs down long term… I wonder if it's a little to late though…

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