U.S. Healthcare: Highest Spending, Lowest Quality
by Dustin M. on Sep 23, 2014 | Views: 68 | Score: 0
Libera | Sierra Leone | United States | Netherlands | France | Canada | Sweden | United Kingdom | Australia | |
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% of GDP spent on healthcare | 19.5 | 18.8 | 17.9 | 12 | 11.6 | 11.2 | 9.4 | 9.3 | 9 |
Sources:
cia.gov
Of all developed nations, the United States spends far more money on its healthcare system, yet it is consistently ranked to be among the lowest quality healthcare in the developed world. The WHO and OECD published a healthcare ranking report listing the U.S. as last among the ranked countries: www.forbes.com/sites/danmunro…