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The federal government spent nearly $1.5 trillion on health care in fiscal year 2022 (table 1). Of that, Medicare claimed $747 billion, Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) claimed $609 billion, and veterans’ medical care claimed $111 billion.
- Organisation For Economic Co-Operation and Development
- 2020 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey
- Our World in Data
This analysis used data from the 2022 release of health statistics compiled by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), which tracks and reports on a wide range of health system measures across 38 high-income countries. Data were extracted in December 2022. While data collected by the OECD reflect the gold standard in inter...
For the 2020 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey, data were collected from nationally representative samples of noninstitutionalized adults age 18 and older in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Samples were generated using probab...
This analysis used data from Our World in Data, which compiles data from most countries and territories around the world across a range of measures. Data for confirmed COVID-19 deaths and COVID-19 vaccination rates were extracted in January 2023. A limitation of both data sets is that they only report confirmed deaths and reported vaccination rates...
Jan 31, 2023 · The data showed that in 2021 alone, the US spent nearly twice as much as the average OECD country on health care – and health spending in the US was three to four times higher than in...
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Dec 22, 2022 · Overall health spending continued to grow in 2021, reaching a total of nearly $4.3 trillion dollars. This amounts to 18.3% of the U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) and average of $12,914 per capita. Access & Affordability. Health Spending. The U.S. continues to have the highest health spending per capita among comparable countries.
Jan 30, 2020 · The average U.S. resident paid $1,122 out-of-pocket for health care, which includes expenses like copayments for doctor’s visits and prescription drugs or health insurance deductibles. Only the Swiss pay more; residents of France and New Zealand pay less than half of what Americans spend.
Mar 4, 2024 · Key Takeaways. The United States spent $4.5 trillion on healthcare in total in 2022, with 2023 spending estimated at $4.7 trillion. The US spends around $13,493 a year per person on healthcare, more than double the OECD average of $4986. Canada spends $6,236 less per person on healthcare each year than the US.
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Oct 24, 2019 · In the first part of his keynote address at the 2019 AMA State Advocacy Summit, Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH, director of the Harvard Global Health Institute, discusses why the U.S. spends so much more on health care than other countries and reviews data on potential reasons for this high rate of spending. Below is a lightly edited full transcript of ...
