Is Ireland the best place to live in the world according to its health system?

Exposé Politique & international Questions sociales

Date de publication :

06/08/2007

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French

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The Irish health system institutionalises inequity
Irish hospitals are not the best in the world because of hygiene
A major scandal that took place between 1974 and 1998

Résumé :

according to the Economist, ireland was the best place to live in 2005. Let us discuss this statement taking into account the Irish health system. Can it really be argued that it is the case as far as health is concerned? Is the Irish health system the best in the world?

First of all, the characteristics of a good health system have to been explained in order to monitor the Irish health system. Equity, equality but also efficiency should be the main aspects of a good health system. To illustrate it, I would like to quote Aneurin Bevan, the chief architect of the English National health system, who argued that "no society can legitimately call itself civilised if a sick person is denied medical aid because of a lack of means". Indeed, a good health system is one which provides medical primary care universally. This kind of system cannot be based on money to shape one's access to care.

Can it be said that the Irish system is a good system and is it the best in the world? First of all, concerning drugs and addictions ireland has an important rate of consumption and an unhealthy behaviour with a high rate of binge drinking for instance. Moreover, another health public policy is the one of the prevention of suicides. Suicides, as a consequence of the changing of the sets of rules from a traditional one to a modern one, are a major issue in ireland. Because of a breaking of the traditional rules, leads to an antisocial behaviour materialized by high suicide rates.