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Thursday, May 03, 2012

Explaining High Health Care Spending in the United States: An International Comparison of Supply, Utilization, Prices, and Quality - The Commonwealth Fund



Blogger's Note: some interesting comparisons on a variety of comparables including in-hospital 30 day mortality rates, breast/cervical/colorectal cancer survival rates, diagnostic imaging; comparisons of countries:


Explaining High Health Care Spending in the United States: An International Comparison of Supply, Utilization, Prices, and Quality - The Commonwealth Fund

Overview

This analysis uses data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and other sources to compare health care spending, supply, utilization, prices, and quality in 13 industrialized countries: Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States......