US HEALTH SYSTEM RANKED LAST AMONG INDUSTRIALIZED NATIONS

On 21 June 2000 the World Health Organization (WHO), one of the most respected United Nations agencies, issued a report that ranked health systems in 191 countries across the globe. This study was the first by any organization to undertake the huge task of rating the health systems of countries as disparate as Oman, San Marino, Andorra, France, and the United States on a common set of measures.

Among industrialized countries, France, Italy, and Spain were seen as the top health system performers. Canada, Germany, Sweden, and Denmark, which are often cited as models by some experts, ranked lower. The United States ranked thirty-seventh among all countries and last among industrialized countries. Greece, Portugal, and Ireland, which spent much less of their national resources on health, ranked much higher on WHO’s scale than did the United States, the world’s biggest health spender.

Source: http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/20/3/10

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