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America has the best medical equipment no doubt about that, but when it comes to cost I wouldn't give it to America even though the trade off is low taxes.
Chart below Shorthand: green indicates better performance, yellow average performance, and red worse performance. The U.S. has the highest number of reds and the lowest number of greens of any nation in this selection of nations belonging to the (OECD). Link to article where chart can be found in.
The last time WHO ranked healthcare systems was in year 2000.
Ranking Country Expenditure Per Capita
1 France 4
2 Italy 11
3 San Marino 21
4 Andorra 23
5 Malta 37
6 Singapore 38
7 Spain 24
8 Oman 62
9 Austria 6
10 Japan 13
11 Norway 16
12 Portugal 27
13 Monaco 12
14 Greece 30
15 Iceland 14
16 Luxembourg 5
17 Netherlands 9
18 United Kingdom 26
19 Ireland 25
20 Switzerland 2
21 Belgium 15
22 Colombia 49
23 Sweden 7
24 Cyprus 39
25 Germany 3
26 Saudi Arabia 63
27 United Arab Emirates 35
28 Israel 19
29 Morocco 99
30 Canada 10
31 Finland 18
32 Australia 17
33 Chile 44
34 Argentina 15
35 Denmark 8
36 Dominica 70
37 Costa Rica 50
38 United States 1
39 Slovenia 29
40 Cuba 118
41 Brunei 32
42 New Zealand 20
43 Bahrain 48
44 Croatia 56
45 Qatar 27
46 Kuwait 41
47 Barbados 36
48 Thailand 64
49 Czech Republic 40
50 Malaysia 93
51 Poland 58
52 Dominican Republic 92
53 Tunisia 79
54 Jamaica 89
55 Venezuela 68
56 Albania 149
57 Seychelles 52
58 Paraguay 91
59 South Korea 31
60 Senegal 143
61 Philippines 124
62 Mexico 55
63 Slovakia 45
64 Egypt 115
65 Kazakhstan 112
66 Uruguay 33
67 Hungary 59
68 Trinidad and Tobago 65
69 Saint Lucia 86
70 Belize 88
71 Turkey 82
72 Nicaragua 104
73 Belarus 74
74 Lithuania 71
75 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 90
76 Sri Lanka 138
77 Estonia 60
78 Guatemala 130
79 Ukraine 111
80 Solomon Islands 134
81 Algeria 114
82 Palau 47
83 Jordan 98
84 Mauritius 69
85 Grenada 67
86 Antigua and Barbuda 43
87 Libya 84
88 Bangladesh 144
89 Macedonia 106
90 Bosnia-Herzegovina 105
91 Lebanon 46
92 Indonesia 154
93 Iran 94
94 Bahamas 22
95 Panama 53
96 Fiji 87
97 Benin 171
98 Nauru 42
99 Romania 107
100 Saint Kitts and Nevis 51
101 Moldova
102 Bulgaria
103 Iraq
For their size consistently well ranked: Spain, Italy, and Japan
Consistently well ranked: Australia, Sweden, Switzerland
Least Healthcare Cost: Japan, Sweden, Australia, Italy, Spain
17% cost for healthcare in America based on GDP? I read somewhere that Americans only spend 7%on healthcare....I believe it was by yahoo, but someone can try and find it for me
17% cost for healthcare in America based on GDP? I read somewhere that Americans only spend 7%on healthcare....I believe it was by yahoo, but someone can try and find it for me
So what was this suppose to do? Yes I understand that but read somewhere that Americans spend only 7% on healthcare...anyways I found another website with the same information, read this Canadian. Are You Spending Money Like a Typical American? - Mom's Plans
So what was this suppose to do? Yes I understand that but read somewhere that Americans spend only 7% on healthcare...anyways I found another website with the same information, read this Canadian. Are You Spending Money Like a Typical American? - Mom's Plans
I don't know. You were questioning the 17% GDP, no?
I found that graph, and posted the link I got it from.
Is what we spend, direct or via government, as significant as the statisticians and analysts will have us believe? Now where is our value-for-money? It seems that in the UK or USA we are paying through the nose for the lifestyle of those who have studied all sorts of unnecessary subjects, their tedious procedures, lack of competition, etc. And despite their awesome qualifications, they can make mis- or whimsical diagnoses, prescribe inappropriate treatments, etc with impunity. I'd have the insurers license them as medical practitioners
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