World Health Care Spending and Performance Ranking by Country (Table)
Posted Aug 23 2009 10:55pm
I am wondering if many people understand that we spend twice as much on healthcare as most industrialized countries. At the same time, our world ranking in healthcare delivery is poor.
It might be interesting to note that the profits of healthcare insurance companies rose by more than 400 percent in the period 2000-2007.
During the same period, the number of people without healthcare insurance, and the cost of healthcare insurance was rising fast.
It also surprises me when I see people arguing on television that they prefer the status quo.
All information is taking from 2005 OECD data unless otherwise noted. *2000, 2003-2005 World Health Organization Data. **2004 OECD data. Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, World Health Organization Analysis by PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Heath Research Institute
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I am wondering if many people understand that we spend twice as much on healthcare as most industrialized countries. At the same time, our world ranking in healthcare delivery is poor.It might be interesting to note that the profits of healthcare insurance companies rose by more than 400 percent in the period 2000-2007.
During the same period, the number of people without healthcare insurance, and the cost of healthcare insurance was rising fast.
It also surprises me when I see people arguing on television that they prefer the status quo.
All information is taking from 2005 OECD data unless otherwise noted.
*2000, 2003-2005 World Health Organization Data. **2004 OECD data.
Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, World Health Organization
Analysis by PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Heath Research Institute
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