Health care costs per capita X country; see this link:
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0934556.html
I'm fairly sure that this is based on total health care costs divided by the number of residents.
Health care costs in the US are increasing faster than any other service or goods.
IMO, too many hands are making profits off the delivery of services -- for profit health insurance companies, health equipment product mfrs, medical specialties, extra diagnostic tests, pharmaceutical companies, nursing homes, etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc.
Add to that, there's more emphasis on treatment of illness and disorders than there is on prevention and health.
Add to that there's sometimes a 10X-100X difference between the most expensive medical treatments and the cheapest without any proven difference in outcome or effectiveness.
I've heard that no sane citizen in a developed country would trade their system and costs for health care services with those of the USA.
Any truth to this?
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0934556.html
I'm fairly sure that this is based on total health care costs divided by the number of residents.
Health care costs in the US are increasing faster than any other service or goods.
IMO, too many hands are making profits off the delivery of services -- for profit health insurance companies, health equipment product mfrs, medical specialties, extra diagnostic tests, pharmaceutical companies, nursing homes, etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc.
Add to that, there's more emphasis on treatment of illness and disorders than there is on prevention and health.
Add to that there's sometimes a 10X-100X difference between the most expensive medical treatments and the cheapest without any proven difference in outcome or effectiveness.
I've heard that no sane citizen in a developed country would trade their system and costs for health care services with those of the USA.
Any truth to this?
