In the United States, the health care you receive varies with your level of income, according to this Commonwealth Fund report comparing health care system performance in 11 industrialized countries.
The United States ranks last overall among 11 industrialized countries on measures of health system quality, efficiency, access to care, equity, and healthy lives, according to this Commonwealth Fund report, despite spending far more of its GDP on health.
Despite having the most expensive health care system, the United States ranks last overall compared to six other industrialized countries on performance measures in five areas: quality, efficiency, access to care, equity and the ability to lead long, healthy, productive lives, according to this Commonwealth Fund report.
Despite having the most costly health system in the world, the United States consistently underperforms on most dimensions of performance. This Commonwealth Fund report finds the U.S. health care system ranks last compared with five other nations on measures of quality, access, efficiency, equity, and outcomes.
This Commonwealth Fund report, based on two cross-national surveys of six industrialized countries, finds that the U.S. health care system scores well on effectiveness from a patient perspective but is viewed poorly on many other measures, including safety and equity.
Recent studies of medical outcomes and mortality and morbidity statistics suggest that the United States — despite spending more per capita on health care than any other country — is not getting commensurate value for its money, according to this Commonwealth Fund report.
