TY - JOUR
T1 - Olympic medals or long life
T2 - What's the bottom line?
AU - Mitton, Craig R.
AU - Davies, H. Dele
AU - Donaldson, Cam R.
PY - 2004/1/19
Y1 - 2004/1/19
N2 - On a per capita basis, Australia spent more than seven times as much on its Sydney Olympic team as did Canada, to win four times as many medals. Compared with Australia, Canada spent an additional amount per capita (standardised to the purchasing power parity rate at year 2000) of US$ 1605 per life-year gained on healthcare in 2000. Neither country is "right" or "wrong" in making these funding choices, but they highlight the need for more explicit discussion about what is being spent, what is obtained for the given expenditure and what society actually values.
AB - On a per capita basis, Australia spent more than seven times as much on its Sydney Olympic team as did Canada, to win four times as many medals. Compared with Australia, Canada spent an additional amount per capita (standardised to the purchasing power parity rate at year 2000) of US$ 1605 per life-year gained on healthcare in 2000. Neither country is "right" or "wrong" in making these funding choices, but they highlight the need for more explicit discussion about what is being spent, what is obtained for the given expenditure and what society actually values.
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U2 - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb05802.x
DO - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb05802.x
M3 - Short survey
C2 - 14723588
AN - SCOPUS:0842291819
SN - 0025-729X
VL - 180
SP - 71
EP - 73
JO - Medical Journal of Australia
JF - Medical Journal of Australia
IS - 2
ER -