Health Populi November 7, 2019
It was the best of times, It was the worst of times,
It was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness,
It was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, …
starts Dickens’ Tale of Two Cities.
That’s what came to my mind when reading the latest global health report from the OECD, Health at a Glance 2019, which compares the United States to other nations’ health care outcomes, risk factors, access metrics, and spending.
Some trends are consistent across the wealthiest countries of the world, many sobering, such as:
- Life expectancy rates fell in 19 of the OECD countries. Stalled gains in longevity, with greater burdens of chronic disease and ill...
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