U.S. Healthcare Spending

BRICELESS THE FAILURE OF US HEALTHCARE SPENDING TO INCREASE LIFE EXPECTANCY Ranking countries by life expectancy, the United States isn’t even in the top 50 TOP 5 Monaco Macau Japan Singapore San Marino Life Expectancy 89.63 84.46 84.19 84.07 83.12 Healthcare Spending (Per Capita) $5,915 unknown $3,120 $2,592 $3,178 50 51 52 53 54 Guam United Bahrain Chile Qatar States Life Expectancy 78.66 78.62 78.43 78.27 78.24 Healthcare Spending (Per Capita) unknown $8233 $937 $1,191 $1,621 Healthcare Spending vs. Life Expectancy 78.62 78.94 78.85 78.24 78.27 78.43 USA Denmark Portugal Qatar Chile Bahrain $1,191 $937 $1,621 $2,729 $4,467 Healthcare spending (per capita) $8,233 Ave Per Capita Healthcare Spending by Percentile $3,845.15 (international dollars) $1,241.28 $207.00 $526.89 $20.15 lowest 20% middle 20% top 20% USA Surely, we’re getting some benefit for all our healthcare spending, right? Compared to Britain ... The US Fares Worse in: +100% +60% +30% Infant Mortality Low Birth Weight Teen Pregnancy Lung Heart Diabetes Cancer Disease & Stroke HIV & AIDS Where does all STD's the money go? Ave Cost of a $15,734 Obesity & Diabetes Heart Disease Hospital Stay Chronic Lung Disease (top 3 globally) $5,004 $4,948 Homicides Drug-Related Death Injuries Disability USA Germany Chile than each of the Developing new drugs is expensive other 17 industrialized countries # drugs approved since 1997 Pharmaceutical Total R&D Spending & Per Drug Cost (in billions) Company |$58.96 5 AstraZeneca $11.79 |$81.71 gsk GlaxoSmithKline 0 $8.17 $63.27 8. Sanofi $7.91 Roche 11 I $85.84 $7.80 Pfizer $108.18 14 $7.73 15 | $88.29 Johnson & Johnson $5.89 Lee | $50.35 11 $4.58 | $35.97 8. | $4.50 ABBOTT I$67.36 16 Merck | $4.21 |$45.68 Bristol-Myers Squibb 11 I$4.15 |$83.65 21 Novartis | $3.98 AMGEN 9 $33.23 $3.69 If spending more on healthcare won't help us live longer, what will? BLUE Demographic and/or geographic areas ZONES where people live measurably longer lives Okinawa, Japan Icaria, Greece The Seventh-day Adventists of Sardinia, Italy Nicoya, Costa Rica Loma Linda, California Common traits of 'Blue Zone' residents Diet primarly plant-based Family over No other concerns Smoking Social Legume consumption Constant moderate Engagement physical activity So, you want to live longer? Stop trying to 'cure' symptoms with money and make a healthy lifestyle choice today! Brought to you by BestNursingMasters.com http://ucatlas.ucsc.edu/spend.php https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2102rank.html http://kff.org/global-indicator/health-expenditure-per-capita http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK62373/ http://www.globalresearch.ca/us-life-expectancy-lowest-among-industrialized-countries/5318672 http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/11/03/longevity-health-fitness-happiness/1677425/ http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/news-analysis/us-hospital-stay-costs-outpace-other-countries-by-more -than-three-fold.html http://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewherper/2012/02/10/the-truly-staggering-cost-of-inventing-new-drugs/2/ design: kingworks creative 419 DEA # 05010