Surely its not the beds which is the issue, its the staffing?
On 10/03/2020 13:39, A Bove wrote:
> Greg, I don't have the answer, but on the poverty and state of the health system question, the UK might struggle more than Italy.
>
> Acute care hospital beds per 100,000:
> https://gateway.euro.who.int/en/indicators/hfa_478-5060-acute-care-hospital-beds-per-100-000/visualizations/#id=19535&tab=table
>
> Northern Italy is not poor https://www.istat.it/en/archivio/232062
> But if the problem travels south, they're in deep trouble.
>
>
> Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2020 12:45:59 -0000
> From: Greg Dropkin <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Over to you, Radstatters! What can you make of this?!
>
> I expect there's more to it:
>
> Germany: 22.36% over 65. No reported deaths in 1151 cases = 0%
> France: 19.82% over 65. Death rate 19 / 1209 = 1.57%
> Spain: 18.15% over 65. Death rate 25 / 979 = 2.55%
>
> i.e. on this small sample, death rate is not simply explained by age
> structure.
>
> my guess is that it is also something to do with poverty and the state of
> the healthcare system.
>
> Greg
>
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