More than loose change: household health spending in the United States and Canada.
A key point of comparison between U.S. and Canadian health spending is what amount citizens spend for health coverage, given their respective health systems. A comparison of household spending surveys in the two countries shows that Canadian households pay about half of what American households pay for health coverage, but their personal tax burden is almost twice that of Americans. Net personal consumption thus is quite similar between the two countries. Total household health spending in the United States amounted to $215.6 billion in 1989--one-third of the total spent on health that year.
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D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002170:Canada; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005382:Financing, Personal / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010548:Personal Health Services / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States