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“Clearly bringing great information to the forefront in this very important time for health system facts.”
— Ben Handel, PhD, Associate Professor of Economics, University of California – Berkeley

Health Systems Facts Table 1: Cost of Care (by Country). This demonstrates that the US has much higher healthcare costs on a per capita and % of GDP basis.

As shown in the graph above, the US has much higher healthcare costs than several other OECD member nations on a per capita and % of GDP basis.

Health Systems Facts Table 2: National Comparisons of Life Expectancies. This demonstrates that the quality of care in the US is lower in terms of life expectancy.

This graph shows that the life expectancy in the US is lower than in many other nations.

Health Systems Facts Table 3: Coverage (by Country). This demonstrates that the US has less coverage in terms of doctors per capita and nurses per capita.

This graph demonstrates that the US has less health coverage than many other nations in terms of doctors per capita and nurses per capita.

Health Systems Facts datatable comparing various aspects of the national healthcare systems of Austria, Canada, Costa Rica, Germany, Japan, South Korea, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Health Systems Facts is a project of the Real Reporting Foundation. We provide reliable statistics and other data from authoritative sources regarding health systems in the US and several other nations.

Page last updated September 1, 2020.