Medical Economics September 19, 2024
Commonwealth Fund analyzes health care systems of wealthy nations and finds U.S. lacking in all but care process.
The United States health care system is in a class by itself for massive spending on poor patient health and outcomes, compared with other developed nations, said leaders of The Commonwealth Fund.
“Mirror, Mirror 2024: A Portrait of the Failing U.S. Health System” is the 20th anniversary version of the analysis that compares the nation’s health care system with those of other wealthy countries. The results: generally bad across 70 performance measures of access to care, care process, administrative efficiency, equity and health outcomes.
Among the 10 nations, the United States ranked 10th overall and has become “the only clear outlier …...
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