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 threadConrad Hackett Nov 26, 2022
Best health outcomes (based on wide range of data)
1 Iceland
2 Norway
3 Netherlands
4 Luxembourg
5 Australia
6 Finland
7 Switzerland
8 Sweden
9 Italy
10 Andorra
11 Ireland
12 Japan
13 Austria
14 Canada
16 NZ
18 Germany
23 UK
28 Czech Republic
29 US
48 China
55 Cuba
66 Iran
91 Mexico
127 S Africa
145 India
168 Haiti
194 Somalia
Source: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(18)30994-2/fulltext
Show threadJeff Lindborg
@conradhackett they clearly didn't factor in all the freedom and amazing profitability that comes with the US system...
Nov 27, 2022 at 1:39pmWeb