U.S. Health Care vs. The World

U.S. HEALTH CARE Widely debated in America today, health care is on everybody's mind. Using a broad range of key public health indicators provided by the World Health Organization (WHO), we see just how U.S. health care is stacking up against 16 other countries around the globe. VS. THE WORLD Demographic And Socioeconomic Statistics POPULATION TOTAL (2011) GERMANY 82,163,000 CANADA 34,350,000 GHANA 24,966,000 CHINA 1,355,243,000 FRANCE 63,136,000 ALGERIA 35,980,000 UNITED STATES 313,085,000 MEXICO 114,793,00 JAPAN 126,947,000 RUSSIA 142,836,000 COLUMBIA 46,927,000 UNITED KINGDOM 62,417,000 MONGOLIA 2,800,000 SINGAPORE 5,188,000 INDIA 1,241,492,000 AFGHANISTAN AUSTRALIA 22,606,000 32,358,000 GROSS NATIONAL INCOME PER CAPITA - US$ (2011) AF GH IN MN AL CN CO MX RU JP FR UK AU CA GR US SG Health Expenditure ................... --……......................... ..…………………...***....... PER CAPITA TOTAL EXPENDITURE ON HEALTH AT AVERAGE EXCHANGE RATE - US$ (2010) AF IN GH MN AL CN cO MX RU SG UK JP FR GR AU CA US According to the World Health Organization, the United States spends more than 2 2 times more on health care per person than most developed nations in the world. • 17.6% of U.S. GDP in 2010 was spent on health care • 17¢ of every U.S. dollar is spent on health care The U.S. can take a cue on cost saving from both France and Japan. Three potential cost saving measures, instituted by both countries that the U.S. could benefit from: POTENTIAL COST SAVING MEASURES Common Fee Schedules – hospitals, doctors and health services are paid in a consistent way for most patients. ****** ........ ..................... Accept All Patients – doctors accept all patients, even those on federal plans that pay less. Response Flexibility – adjusting costs that may be exceeding budgets helps to keep spending in check. Japan and France lower fees for specific areas that seem to be growing faster than projected. The government has less ability to control costs in the U.S. private insurers control rates for the majority of patients, while changes in payment rates for public insurance programs like Medicare and Medicaid are often driven more by politics than by the value of the care received. Improved Administration Systems – the U.S. has been slow to embrace information and communications technology that reduces waste in the administration of health care, compared to many other developed nations. Life Expectancy and Mortality LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH - BOTH SEXES (YEARS)(2011): AF GH IN MN RU AL MX CN CO US UK GR AU CA FR SG JP Health Service Availabilty And Use CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE (%) (2011): CA GR SG AF GH JP IN MN AL MX AU FR CO US RU UK CN N/A N/A N/A IMMUNIZATION COVERAGE FOR 1-YEAR-OLDS – MEASLES (%) (2011): AF IN CO FR UK US AU JP AL SG CA MX MN RU CN GR Risk Factors ......................... POPULATION USING IMPROVED DRINKING WATER SOURCES (%)(2011): IIIIII. AF AL MN GH CN IN CO MX RU US AU CA FR GR JP SG UK Health Systems HOSPITAL BEDS PER 10,000 POPULATION (2005-2012): AL AF GH IN CO MX SG UK US CA AU CN FR MN GR RU JP How Does the U.S. Compare With Other OECD Countries? The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an international economic group comprised of 34 member nations. 2.4: the number of practicing physicians in the U.S. per 1,000 people in comparison to OECD average of 3.1. .3: the number of general practitioners in the U.S. per 1,000 people in comparison to the OECD average of 1.23 2.1: , the number of specialists in the U.S. per 1,000 people , in comparison to the OECD average of 1.93 87.5% physicians are specialists 12.5% physicians are general of practicing U.S. of practicing U.S. 85% higher-than-average cost of in comparison to the OECD average of 61.3% practitioners in comparison to the OECD average of 38.7% hospital services (medical and surgical) in the U.S. in comparison to OECD countries ........ S18,000 hospital stay in the U.S. 2x average cost of a more tests (including MRI and CT) for every 1,000 people in the U.S. in 2010 than the average in other OECD countries $6,200 average cost of a hospital stay across OECD countries SOURCES School of Public Health & Health Services www.who.int, "World Health Statistics 2013," World Health Organization http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2012/10/health-costs-how-the-us-compares-with- other-countries.html THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MPH@GW http://stats.oecd.org/index.aspx?DataSetCode=HEALTH_STAT Created by oBizMedia $59,380 $8,233 85% 99% 137 $48,820 $5,257 84% 99% 97 $40,230 2 $5,174 80% 98% 82 $39,660 HE $4,654 8 82 3 79% 98% 67 $38,110 HE $4,618 H8 79% 98% 66 $36,010 HS $3,958 E 81 H8 98% H3 $3,495 3 80 H8 95% $35,910 72% 8 $2,005 | 의 79 $35,330 71% Ha 95% 32 $20,560 $670 78 61% - 의 94 % $15,390 $603 76 55% da 94% $9,560- HE 91% $407 75 55% $8,390 $219 a 73 3 90% 54% $8,310 $198 24% HE $4,290 E 68 E 89% $124 22% H2 $3,590 H8 88% 65 64 74% * 60 62%