58th International Congress of Aviation and Space Medicine – 7th Asia Pacific Congress of Aerospace Medicine 10-14 October 2010 ANDRÉ ALLARD LECTURE TO BE THE BEST: STRIVING FOR EXCELLENCE IN AVIATION ÊTRE LE MEILLEUR: RECHERCHE DE L'EXCELLENCE EN AVIATION
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Healthcare is burdensome to many nations. Safety and Sustainability are key issues. Medical practice has much to learn from aviation in terms of safety. Some 40 years after aviation became safe, medicine was deemed unsafe as reported by the Institute of Medicine in 1999. Some countries spend up to 16% of their GDP on healthcare. Some companies spend up to 30 cents in every dollar of costs on employee health care. Singapore spends 4% of its GDP on health with government spending no more than half of this. How is this possible? What about the ageing workforce and greying nations?
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