Cost Per Person - details
U.S.: 250% times the average of other countries
Other free-market countries:
40% times the U.S. cost per person
Detailed information for this topic is provided below
Below is information by country and by decreasing cost
In Alphabetical Order by Country
Cost per person in the U.S. = $7,960 (from June 2011 OECD report)
Cost per person as per the average of the other 29 countries = $3,233
$7,960 / $3,233 = 2.5
| Industrialized Country |
Cost Per Person in 2009 |
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 United Kingdom United States |
3445 4289 3946 4363 2108 4348 3326 3978 4218 2724 1511 3538 3781 3137 2878 1879 4808 918 4914 2983 5362 1394 2508 2084 3067 3722 5144 902 3487 7960 |
In Order of Decreasing Cost Per Person
Cost per person in the U.S. = $7,960 (from June 2011 OECD report)
Cost per person as per the average of the other 29 countries = $3,233
$7,980 / $3,233 = 2.5
| Industrialized Country |
Cost Per Person in 2009 |
United States Norway Switzerland Netherlands Luxembourg Canada Denmark Austria Germany France Belgium Ireland Sweden Iceland United Kingdom Australia Finland Italy Spain New Zealand Japan Greece Portugal Czech Republic Slovak Republic Korea Hungary Poland Mexico Turkey |
7960 5362 5144 4914 4808 4363 4348 4289 4218 3978 3946 3781 3722 3538 3487 3445 3326 3137 3067 2983 2878 2724 2508 2108 2084 1879 1511 1394 918 902 |
Explanation of Bolding
Ability to minimize deaths due to preventable diseases
Bolded countries in green are best performers regarding preventable diseases.
Bolded countries in red is the worst performer.
Source
June 2011 report of industrialized countries health care spending by the "Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development” (OECD)
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