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Selected Health and System Statistics

Explore comparative data on key health system characteristics and performance indicators such as overall health care spending, hospital spending and utilization, health care access, and more.

Population

Total Population (Millions of People), 2017
Percentage of Population Age 65 and Older, 2017

Health Care Spending

Out-of-Pocket Health Care Spending per Capita, 2017
Spending on Pharmaceuticals per Capita, 2017
Percentage of GDP Spent on Health Care, 2017
Health Care Spending per Capita, 2017

Physician Capacity and Utilization

Number of Practicing Physicians per 1,000 Population, 2017
Average Annual Number of Physician Visits per Capita, 2017

Hospital Spending, Utilization, and Capacity

Total Curative (Acute) Care Beds, per 1,000 Population, 2017
Hospital Spending Per Discharge, 2017
Hospital Discharges per 1,000 Population, 2017
Average Length of Stay for Curative (Acute) Care in Days, 2017

Medical Technology

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Machines per Million Population, 2017
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Exams per 1,000 Population, 2017
Primary Care Physicians’ Use of Electronic Medical Records, 2019

Health Risk Factors

Percentage of Adults Who Report Being Daily Smokers, 2017
Prevalence of Obesity (BMI>30), 2017

Access To Care

Waited Four Months or More for Elective Surgery, 2016
Experienced Access Barrier Because of Cost in Past Year, 2016
Able to Get Same-Day/Next-Day Appointment When Sick, 2016
Very/Somewhat Easy to Get Care After Hours, 2016
Waited Two Months or More for Specialist Appointment, 2016

Safety Problems Among Older Adults

Health Professional Did Not Review Their Prescriptions in Past Year, 2017

Care Coordination and Transitions

Experienced a Coordination Problem in Past Two Years, 2016
Experienced Gaps in Hospital Discharge Planning in Past Two Years, 2016

Chronic Care Management

Doctor or Health Care Professional Discussed Treatment Options with Patient, Including Side Effects, 2016
Doctor or Health Care Professional Discussed Patient's Main Goals or Priorities in Caring for Condition, 2016

Performance Feedback

Primary Care Practice Receives and Reviews Patient Satisfaction Experience Data, 2019
Primary Care Practice Receives and Reviews Clinical Outcomes Data, 2019

Health Care Quality Indicators

Diabetes-Related Lower Extremity Amputation Rates per 100,000 Population, 2015
Breast Cancer Five-Year Survival Rate, 2015
Mortality After Hospital Admission for Acute Myocardial Infarction per 100 Admissions, Patients Age 45 and Older, 2015

Avoidable Deaths

Mortality Amenable to Health Care (Deaths per 100,000 Population), 2016

Preventive Health Care

Percentage of Children with Measles Immunization, 2018
Percentage of Population Age 65 and Older with Influenza Immunization, 2017

Overall Views of Health Care System

There are some good things in our health care system, but fundamental changes are needed to make it work better, 2016
Our health care system has so much wrong with it that we need to completely rebuild it, 2016
The system works pretty well and only minor changes are necessary to make it work better, 2016

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