Health Spending In OECD Countries In 2004: An Update

In 2004, U.S. health care spending per capita was 2.5 times greater than health spending in the median Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) country and much higher than health spending in any other OECD country. The United States had fewer physicians, nurses, hospital beds, d...

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Published in:Health Affairs 2007-09, Vol.26 (5), p.1481-1489
Main Authors: Anderson, Gerard F, Frogner, Bianca K, Reinhardt, Uwe E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Chronic illnesses
Cooperation
Diabetes
Disease prevention
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
Health care
Health care expenditures
Health care policy
Health services
Hospitals
Industrialized nations
Magnetic resonance imaging
Medical personnel
Medical service
Mortality
Obesity
Organization for economic cooperation and development
Per capita
Public finance
Public health
Statistical data
Tumors
United States
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Summary:In 2004, U.S. health care spending per capita was 2.5 times greater than health spending in the median Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) country and much higher than health spending in any other OECD country. The United States had fewer physicians, nurses, hospital beds, doctor visits, and hospital days per capita than the median OECD country. Health care prices and higher per capita incomes continued to be the major reasons for the higher U.S. health spending. One possible explanation is higher prevalence of obesity-related chronic disease in the United States relative to other OECD countries. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:0278-2715
1544-5208
DOI:10.1377/hlthaff.26.5.1481