(Dec 3, 2016 03:34 AM)Zinjanthropos Wrote: [ -> ] (Dec 3, 2016 12:36 AM)RainbowUnicorn Wrote: [ -> ]generally mental health is seen as a complete loss on a cost basis which is terribly detrimental to the health of the patient.
Suicide is also detrimental to patient health.
Euthanasia isn't exactly cheap although the drugs administered are only about $100. Overall I've heard it could cost anywhere between 10-15 thousand dollars and that may be low. However it beats institutionalizing and all the costs associated with that. I think you're right if the implication is that governments see euthanasia as a savings.
not sure if you got my point and added the perspective, thus
i refer to the (quantatative?) value of wholistic approach to the patient
e.g constructs of burdon are very often mixed up in guilt habbituation processes where people define the patient as being selfish or a financial burdon simply deepen the grip of the isolational pathology of the thought processes making it more likely the patient willmove in the opposite direction to not comitting suicide or self harm or murder suicide.
note murder suicide is a statistic that is not discussed often, yet extremely prevailent in US mental health death statistics(mass shootings etc).
the US seem to have a social culture and government policy and private practice policy to look the other way when it comes to mental health.
"Euthanasia isn't exactly cheap"
such is paliative care costs around
$255.00 US$ per day(in non US high quality health care countrys) in a 24/7 residential care facility(high needs starting price).
keeping in mind the US are practically canabalistic when it comes to health care and charge private profit margins of around 700% to 900%
soo in the US health system that would be around $1000.00 US$ per day minimum for a low end user of high needs 24/7 care/paliative
other countrys are doing the same high tech equal or better quality health care 24/7 for around 1/4 of the cost.
i point this out because often some conversations can become US centric, where in the case of health care the perspective is most definitely twisted.
soo... there is probably 4 price ranges for Euthenasia
-handful of prescription meds (probably around $5.00 US$) possibly with alcahol or not
-an injection/drip of something like propofol which is probably around $25.00 US$) probably mixed with something that will simply stop the heart once unconciouse.
-some cocktail specifically designed and sold as a profited product or given at cost which could be up to $1000.00 US$
-profit based system designed to extract the most profit from the person as possible(US medical type system) using probably a European customed designed mix of drugs purchased for $1000.00 US$ then sold to the patient for around $5000.00 US$