Health spending, delivery, and outcomes in OECD countries.
Data comparing health expenditures in twenty-four industrialized nations show that the United States continues to lead the world in health spending as a percentage of gross domestic product. In 1991 the United States spent $2,868 per person on health care, compared with an average of $1,305 in Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries. The U.S. figure exceeds spending in Canada, the next-highest spender, by 50 percent. Measures of health care use and health status do not provide convincing evidence that the United States has a superior health care system for its larger expenditure levels.
Schieber
G J
GJ
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Paris, France.
Poullier
J P
JP
Greenwald
L M
LM
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003625:Data Collection; D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality / Q000639:trends; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008017:Life Expectancy / Q000639:trends; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States