Americans spend more money on healthcare

Americans spend more money on healthcare

Americans continue to outspend other wealthy nations on healthcare but do not have better health outcomes, says a report from The Commonwealth Fund.

The US spent more per person on health care than 12 other high-income nations in 2013, while seeing the lowest life expectancy and some of the worst health outcomes among this group. The analysis shows that in the US, which spent an average of $9,086 per person annually, life expectancy was 78.8 years. Switzerland, the second-highest-spending country, spent $6,325 per person and had a life expectancy of 82.9 years. Mortality rates for cancer were among the lowest in the US but rates of chronic conditions, obesity, and infant mortality were higher than those abroad.

This analysis draws upon data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and other cross-national analyses to compare health care spending, supply, utilization, prices, and health outcomes across 13 high-income countries: Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

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