U.S. health care from a global perspective: 2019 : higher spending, worse outcomes?

U.S. health care from a global perspective: 2019 : higher spending, worse outcomes?

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Series Title(s):
Data brief (Commonwealth Fund)
Author(s):
Tikkanen, Roosa, author
Abrams, Melinda K., author
Contributor(s):
Commonwealth Fund, issuing body.
Publication:
[New York, N.Y.] : The Commonwealth Fund, January 2020
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Delivery of Health Care -- economics
Developed Countries -- statistics & numerical data
Global Health -- statistics & numerical data
Health Expenditures -- statistics & numerical data
Population Health
Australia
Canada
Europe
New Zealand
United Kingdom
United States
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
A 2015 Commonwealth Fund brief showed that--before the major provisions of the Affordable Care Act were introduced--the United States had worse outcomes and spent more on health care, largely because of greater use of medical technology and higher prices, compared to other high-income countries. By benchmarking the performance of the U.S. health care system against other countries--and updating with new data as they become available--we can gain important insights into our strengths and weaknesses and help policymakers and delivery system leaders identify areas for improvement. This analysis is the latest in a series of Commonwealth Fund cross-national comparisons that uses health data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to assess U.S. health care system spending, outcomes, risk factors and prevention, utilization, and quality, relative to 10 other high-income countries: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. We also compare U.S. performance to that of the OECD average, comprising 36 high-income member countries.
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (18 pages))
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
101761886 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101761886