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- In the United States, healthcare spending will account for 17.8% of GDP in 2021.
- This is almost double that of other high-income countries.
- Obesity rates are higher in the US
In 2021, the United States will spend 17.8% of its GDP on healthcare, according to a new report from . This is almost double the high-income country average of 9.6%. federal fundPer capita healthcare spending in the United States was three to four times higher than in countries such as South Korea, New Zealand and Japan.
Researchers compared data from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Health Statistics 2022 Database Commonwealth Foundation Global Health Policy Survey 2022.
Their analysis suggests that overall health in the United States is worse than in other high-income countries. Life expectancy at birth in the US is three years below the OECD average. And the US obesity rate is about 43%, which is about double the OECD average, and nearly double the OECD average of 25%. The next highest countries are New Zealand (34%), Australia (30%) and the UK (28%).
Furthermore, the avoidable death rate in the US in 2020 was 336 per 100,000 people, compared to an OECD average of 225.
This may also be partly due to the different levels of violence in the United States. Compared to other OECD countries, there is a wide disparity in the number of deaths from violence in the United States, with approximately 7.4 deaths per 100,000 people in the United States, while many other countries have a death toll of 100,000. Well below the 0.2 to 1.3 mortality rate per person.
“Americans live short and unhealthy lives because our health care system isn’t working as expected,” said lead author of the report and Commonwealth Fund International for Innovation in Health Policy and Practice. Munira Gunja, Senior Research Fellow at the program, said. Press release. “To catch up with other high-income countries, the administration and Congress must act aggressively to expand access to health care, contain costs, and invest in health equity and social services. has been shown to lead to a healthier population.”
People in the United States are more likely than people in other high-income countries to live with multiple health complications.
According to the Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey 2022, approximately 30% of adults surveyed in the United States had two or more chronic conditions such as asthma, cancer, depression, diabetes, heart disease, and high blood pressure. The results ranged from 17% in France to 20% in Germany to about 26% in Australia.
The report’s authors emphasize that the United States is the only high-income country that does not guarantee universal health care. Also, people in the United States are less likely to see a doctor than in countries such as Germany and Japan.
“This analysis continues to demonstrate the importance of international comparisons,” he said. Offers.”
