http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2008/01/29/health-care-at-the-movies-the-diving-bell-and-the-butterfly/ The Policy Journal of the Health Sphere Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:04:42 -0500 hourly 1 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2008/01/29/health-care-at-the-movies-the-diving-bell-and-the-butterfly/comment-page-1/#comment-14536   Vote pro-immigrant, pro-universal single payer health care and … by Health Tips Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:50:56 +0000 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2008/01/29/health-care-at-the-movies-the-diving-bell-and-the-butterfly/#comment-14536 [...] Health Care At The Movies: The Diving Bell And The Butterfly [...] [...] Health Care At The Movies: The Diving Bell And The Butterfly [...]

]]> http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2008/01/29/health-care-at-the-movies-the-diving-bell-and-the-butterfly/comment-page-1/#comment-14358 Diving » Blog Archive » Men's Swimming and Diving: Knights Take on St. Cloud State Thu, 31 Jan 2008 04:16:19 +0000 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2008/01/29/health-care-at-the-movies-the-diving-bell-and-the-butterfly/#comment-14358 [...] Health Care At The Movies: The Diving Bell And The ButterflyDoes the fact that The Diving Bell and The Butterfly won the Golden Globe award for the best foreign movie tell us anything about French health care? Or does it tell us more about movies about health care, the artistic French vs. … [...] [...] Health Care At The Movies: The Diving Bell And The ButterflyDoes the fact that The Diving Bell and The Butterfly won the Golden Globe award for the best foreign movie tell us anything about French health care? Or does it tell us more about movies about health care, the artistic French vs. … [...]

]]> http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2008/01/29/health-care-at-the-movies-the-diving-bell-and-the-butterfly/comment-page-1/#comment-14315 Brad Kirkman-Liff Wed, 30 Jan 2008 01:17:03 +0000 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2008/01/29/health-care-at-the-movies-the-diving-bell-and-the-butterfly/#comment-14315 It is extremely dangerous to draw conclusions concerning health systems from their portrayals in films. Anecdotes are also filled with danger. Still, contrasting “Sicko” with “The Diving Bell and The Butterfly” reminds me of one summer when a small kidney stone caused me to visit an ER in a Dutch hospital. On discharge I asked to visit the billing office to arrange for payment, as no one had asked for any more information than my hotel address. I was directed to a room and saw two women sitting at computers. I explained why I was there and one woman gathered the information quickly. When finished, I asked if it only required two people to do all of the billing for the hospital. The other woman turned to me and said “I do the billing for the Dutch patients; she does it for all of the others.” It is extremely dangerous to draw conclusions concerning health systems from their portrayals in films. Anecdotes are also filled with danger. Still, contrasting “Sicko” with “The Diving Bell and The Butterfly” reminds me of one summer when a small kidney stone caused me to visit an ER in a Dutch hospital. On discharge I asked to visit the billing office to arrange for payment, as no one had asked for any more information than my hotel address. I was directed to a room and saw two women sitting at computers. I explained why I was there and one woman gathered the information quickly. When finished, I asked if it only required two people to do all of the billing for the hospital. The other woman turned to me and said “I do the billing for the Dutch patients; she does it for all of the others.”

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