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10th November 2012, 14:40
McCarthyism: The Elephant in the Room
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2012/10/health-costs-how-the-us-compares-with-other-countries.html
How much is good health care worth to you? $8,233 per year? That figure is more than two-and-a-half times more than most developed nations in the world.
There are fewer physicians per person than in most other OECD countries. In 2010, the U.S. had 2.4 practicing physicians per 1,000 people -- well below below the OECD average of 3.1.
The number of hospital beds in the U.S. was 2.6 per 1,000 population in 2009, lower than the OECD average of 3.4 beds.
Life expectancy at birth increased by almost nine years between 1960 and 2010, but that's less than the increase of over 15 years in Japan and over 11 years on average in OECD countries.
Whether measured relative to its population or its economy, the United States spends by far the most in the world on health care. it devotes far more of its economy -- 17.6 percent of GDP in 2010 -- to health than any other country. The Netherlands is the next highest, at 12 percent of GDP, and the average among OECD countries was almost half that of the U.S., at 9.5 percent of GDP.
nearly $900 per person per year goes on administrative costs. This is far higher than in, say, France, which spends $300 per person.
a hospital stay in the United States costs over $18,000 on average. The countries that come closest to spending as much -- Canada, the Netherlands, Japan -- spend between $4,000 and $6,000 less per stay. Across OECD countries, the average cost of a hospital stay is about one-third that of the U.S., at $6,200.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2012/10/health-costs-how-the-us-compares-with-other-countries.html
How much is good health care worth to you? $8,233 per year? That figure is more than two-and-a-half times more than most developed nations in the world.
There are fewer physicians per person than in most other OECD countries. In 2010, the U.S. had 2.4 practicing physicians per 1,000 people -- well below below the OECD average of 3.1.
The number of hospital beds in the U.S. was 2.6 per 1,000 population in 2009, lower than the OECD average of 3.4 beds.
Life expectancy at birth increased by almost nine years between 1960 and 2010, but that's less than the increase of over 15 years in Japan and over 11 years on average in OECD countries.
Whether measured relative to its population or its economy, the United States spends by far the most in the world on health care. it devotes far more of its economy -- 17.6 percent of GDP in 2010 -- to health than any other country. The Netherlands is the next highest, at 12 percent of GDP, and the average among OECD countries was almost half that of the U.S., at 9.5 percent of GDP.
nearly $900 per person per year goes on administrative costs. This is far higher than in, say, France, which spends $300 per person.
a hospital stay in the United States costs over $18,000 on average. The countries that come closest to spending as much -- Canada, the Netherlands, Japan -- spend between $4,000 and $6,000 less per stay. Across OECD countries, the average cost of a hospital stay is about one-third that of the U.S., at $6,200.