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Aug 15, 2024 · In 2022, the United States spent an estimated $12,742 per person on healthcare — the highest healthcare costs per capita across similar countries. For comparison, Switzerland was the second highest-spending country with $9,044 in healthcare costs per capita, while the average for wealthy OECD countries, excluding the United States, was only ...
Oct 9, 2024 · Across a wide variety of measures of quality, the U.S. health system appears to perform worse than peer nations on more indicators than it does better. Across a wide variety of measures of quality, the U.S. health system appears to perform worse than peer nations on more indicators than it does better. However, inconsistent and imperfect metrics make it difficult to firmly assess system-wide ...
- Organisation For Economic Co-Operation and Development
- 2020 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey
- Our World in Data
This analysis used data from the 2022 release of health statistics compiled by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), which tracks and reports on a wide range of health system measures across 38 high-income countries. Data were extracted in December 2022. While data collected by the OECD reflect the gold standard in inter...
For the 2020 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey, data were collected from nationally representative samples of noninstitutionalized adults age 18 and older in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Samples were generated using probab...
This analysis used data from Our World in Data, which compiles data from most countries and territories around the world across a range of measures. Data for confirmed COVID-19 deaths and COVID-19 vaccination rates were extracted in January 2023. A limitation of both data sets is that they only report confirmed deaths and reported vaccination rates...
Sep 19, 2024 · Mirror, Mirror 2024 is the Commonwealth Fund’s eighth report comparing the performance of health systems in selected countries. Since the first edition in 2004, our goal has remained the same: to highlight lessons from the experiences of these nations, with special attention to how they might inform health system improvement in the United States.
Sep 19, 2024 · The overall performance of the US health care system ranked last compared with nine other high-income countries in a new report. ... The assessments were based on data from the World Health ...
Sep 19, 2024 · U.S. ranks last in health care compared with nine other high-income countries, report finds ... “The United States provides perhaps the most advanced medical treatments in the world, but only ...
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Jun 23, 2010 · Despite having the most costly health system in the world, the United States consistently underperforms on most dimensions of performance. This Commonwealth Fund report finds the U.S. health care system ranks last compared with five other nations on measures of quality, access, efficiency, equity, and outcomes. Fund Reports / May 01, 2007.
