KevinMD March 18, 2023
According to the Commonwealth Fund and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the health care system in the United States continues to rank the highest in health spending, has the highest rates of avoidable deaths, and rates of infant and maternal deaths compared to other high-income countries. These countries include Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Despite the high health care spending, the frequency of annual physician visitations among Americans is lower than in most countries. Unfortunately, the U.S. also has the lowest life expectancy at birth, the lowest rates of practicing physicians, and the lowest rates of hospital beds per 1,000 population. With Americans having...
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