Conrad Hackett Nov 25, 2022

Here's a scatterplot of health spending per capita (x axis) and life expectancy (y axis) in OECD countries. The lines represent averages.

One country sits alone in the bottom right quadrant due to its much higher health spending and below-average life expectancy.

Source: https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/sites/ae3016b9-en/1/3/1/index.html?itemId=/content/publication/ae3016b9-en&_csp_=ca413da5d44587bc56446341952c275e&itemIGO=oecd&itemContentType=book

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Show threadValerie Reishuk
@conradhackett
When we speak of #innumeracy in #AmericanEducation, we often speak of the inability of citizens to read a graph. It's math illiteracy.
As a retired math educator, I'm calling the #USHeathcareSystem expense v outcome debacle as an example of citizen innumeracy.
I'm glad to report that it is generational, and that younger folk can read this graph.
#UniversalHealthcare
Nov 26, 2022 at 2:06pmWeb
Show threadArne ElofssonNov 26, 2022
@urbanhiker @conradhackett It is a well known fact that you can not treat US as one country. If you take the Caucasian population (and probably the Asian as well) you are in the top right corner, for Latinos and black (you are probably in the Center on spending but at the level of Haiti on LE).
Show threadValerie ReishukNov 26, 2022
@arneelof @conradhackett Yes, Arne, you are correct about the different life expectancies for different groups.
I'm focused on #PublicPolicy to improve outcomes for all at reasonable prices for all. The graph is a good attention-getter.