Cost Per Person

U.S.: 250% times the average of other countries

Other free-market countries:
40% times the U.S. cost per person

Basis: OECD Health Data 2009
       Position at the bar chart.

UPDATE of the cost per person of OECD countries and the 2.50 ratio

2011 Report  (6/30/2011) ) of OECD Health Data

Cost per person in the U.S. = $7,960

Cost per person as per the average
of the other free-market countries = $3,233

$7,960 / $3,233 = 2.5

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Sources

June 2008 OECD report of 30-member organization of industrialized countries called the “Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development” (OECD). The other 29 countries are: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. The data is based on the year 2006.

June 2011 OECD report