Friday, October 3, 2014

In 2013, U.S. was ranked number 46 (out of 51 countries) in Health Care


According to Bloomberg's second annual ranking of countries, the United States is ranked near the bottom when comparing health care efficiency to other countries like Singapore (ranked #1).

  • U.S. Rank in 2014 is 44 out of 51 countries.
  • U.S. Efficiency score is 34.3. Number one was 78.6.
  • U.S. Life expectancy is 78.7. Number one was 83.5.
  • U.S. Health-care cost as percentage of GDP is 17.2.
  • U.S. Health-care cost per capita (US$) is 8,895.
  • U.S. Change in health-care cost per capita (US$) is 428.07
  • U.S. Change in health-care cost per capita (%) is 5.1. Number one was 174.1.
  • U.S. Change in GDP per capita (%) is 3.8. Number one was 134.0.

Note: Bloomberg ranked countries based on the efficiency of their health-care systems. Each country was ranked on three criteria: life expectancy (weighted 60%), relative per capita cost of health care (30%); and absolute per capita cost of health care (10%). Within each criterion, 80% of the score was derived from the most recent health-care system assessment and 20% to changes, if any, over the previous year.


Source: Bloomberg

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