Tuesday, June 24, 2014

According to a recent study that ranked health care systems

... in 11 industrialized nations on measures of quality of care, access, efficiency, equity, and healthy lives, the overall rankings from highest to lowest performance are listed along with the 2011 health expenditures per capita for each country (2010 for Austalia):

1. United Kingdom: $3,405
2. Switzerland: $5,643
3. Sweden: $3,925
4. Australia: $3,800
5. The Netherlands: $5,099
5. Germany: $4,495.
7.New Zealand: $3,182
7. Norway: $5,669
9.France: $4,118
10. Canada: $4,522
11. United States: $8,508

Source: "US Health System Ranks Last Among Eleven Countries on Measures of Access, Equity, Quality, Efficiency, and Healthy Lives," The Commonwealth Fund Press Release, June 16, 2014, http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/press-releases/2014/jun/us-health-system-ranks-last

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