Comments on: You Can Take the Patient Out of the County, but Can You Take the County…? http://healthblog.ncpa.org/you-can-take-the-patient-out-of-the-county-but-can-you-take-the-county/ Health Care Policy and Reform Insights | NCPA Fri, 25 May 2012 19:57:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Juan O. http://healthblog.ncpa.org/you-can-take-the-patient-out-of-the-county-but-can-you-take-the-county/comment-page-1/#comment-54153 Juan O. Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:43:07 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=9052#comment-54153 The correlation between health and geography seems tenuous to me. People who live in the United States are more healthy than people who live in Kenya, but doesn’t it have more to do with commerce, politics and economics than it does with geography? The correlation between health and geography seems tenuous to me.

People who live in the United States are more healthy than people who live in Kenya, but doesn’t it have more to do with commerce, politics and economics than it does with geography?

]]> By: Tom H. http://healthblog.ncpa.org/you-can-take-the-patient-out-of-the-county-but-can-you-take-the-county/comment-page-1/#comment-54149 Tom H. Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:21:28 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=9052#comment-54149 Does this study mean something more than the self evident observation that some people are healthier than others? Does this study mean something more than the self evident observation that some people are healthier than others?

]]> By: Devon Herrick http://healthblog.ncpa.org/you-can-take-the-patient-out-of-the-county-but-can-you-take-the-county/comment-page-1/#comment-54145 Devon Herrick Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:07:47 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=9052#comment-54145 I'm not surprised Marin County is relatively healthy. However, I would have assumed Del Norte, would have been pretty healthy as well. I doubt if the county has any impact on the health of the population. I’m not surprised Marin County is relatively healthy. However, I would have assumed Del Norte, would have been pretty healthy as well. I doubt if the county has any impact on the health of the population.

]]> By: Joe S. http://healthblog.ncpa.org/you-can-take-the-patient-out-of-the-county-but-can-you-take-the-county/comment-page-1/#comment-54143 Joe S. Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:56:24 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=9052#comment-54143 The wider point is: What is the point? The wider point is: What is the point?

]]> By: Ken http://healthblog.ncpa.org/you-can-take-the-patient-out-of-the-county-but-can-you-take-the-county/comment-page-1/#comment-54140 Ken Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:53:06 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=9052#comment-54140 Good point. Is it the county or the people that generates the difference in healh outcomes? Put differently, if you switched the populations of two counties, would you also switch the health outcomes. Good point. Is it the county or the people that generates the difference in healh outcomes? Put differently, if you switched the populations of two counties, would you also switch the health outcomes.

]]>