KFF September 4, 2025
Delaney Tevis, Matt McGough, Juliette Cubanski, Matthew Rae, and Cynthia Cox

This updated chart collection compares indicators of health care utilization and prices in the United States and 11 similarly wealthy countries to investigate whether higher prices or higher utilization of healthcare services drives the high healthcare expenditures in the U.S. relative to peer nations.

The U.S. spends nearly twice as much on health care per person as peer nations ($13,432 vs. $7,393 per person), meanwhile health care utilization in the U.S....

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Topics: Healthcare System, Patient / Consumer, Pricing / Spending, Provider
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