title: Health system performance in OECD countries, 1980-1992. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
abstract: U.S. health expenditure levels and rates of increase continue to exceed those of other Western industrialized nations. The pluralistic U.S. health care system has the highest excess health care inflation and opportunity costs of forgone nonhealth consumption and investment when compared with other major industrialized countries. While poor U.S. performance in terms of life expectancy at birth and infant mortality may partially result from social problems, there is little quantifiable evidence of value for money or equity in terms of health system performance.
authors.affiliation: Health Care Financing Administration's (HCFA's) Office of Research and Demonstrations, Baltimore.
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Schieber
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Poullier
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Greenwald
mesh_terms: D005060:Europe; D005062:European Union; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States