A new report uncovers the myriad ways in which the U.S. is a global outlier in health spending and health outcomes.
This can be explained in part by the fact that the United States has by far the highest death rates in several areas.
The U.S. has the highest number of avoidable deaths per population, with 336 avoidable deaths per 100,000 people versus 225 on average in OECD countries; the highest infant and parental mortality, with 23.8 parents dying per 100,000 live births versus the OECD average of 9.8 deaths; the highest COVID-19 death rate; and by far the highest number of deaths from assault, due in large part to gun violence, with 7.4 deaths due to assault per 100,000 people.
Other metrics also indicate the U.S.’s inferiority in health care. The U.S. has the highest rate of obesity, an indicator for other conditions, and the highest rate of adults with multiple chronic conditions like asthma, cancer, depression and diabetes. Despite this, the U.S. has among the lowest rates of practicing physicians per population of OECD countries and among the lowest number of doctors’ visits per person per year, the report found. This could be due to the fact that many people simply can’t access health care to begin with — in 2021, 8.6 percent of the U.S. had no health insurance.
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