Health care spending in the US nearly double of other wealthy nations: report

Hill January 31, 2023
Chia-Yi Hou

People in the U.S. were also more likely to have chronic conditions and visited their doctors less frequently.

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• In the U.S., health care spending made up 17.8 percent of GDP in 2021.

• This is nearly double that of other high-income countries.

• Obesity rates are also higher in the U.S.

In 2021, the U.S. spent 17.8 percent of GDP on health care, nearly double the average of 9.6 percent for high-income countries, according to a new report from The Commonwealth Fund. Health care spending per capita in the U.S. was three or four times greater than for countries like South Korea, New Zealand and Japan.

Researchers compared data from the Organisation...

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