ryan cooperFeb 6, 2023
"In 2020, there were 24 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births, about 2.5 times higher than the average for high-income countries." https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/01/us-still-has-the-worst-most-expensive-health-care-of-any-high-income-country/
US still has the worst, most expensive health care of any high-income country

US health care has lagged peers for years, and the pandemic made things worse.

Ars Technica
Show threadryan cooperFeb 6, 2023
what a mess we've made for ourselves https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2023/jan/us-health-care-global-perspective-2022
U.S. Health Care from a Global Perspective, 2022: Accelerating Spending, Worsening Outcomes

This cross-national comparison of health care systems assesses U.S. health spending, outcomes, status, and service use relative to 12 other high-income countries.

Show threadTerry Lorch
@ryanlcooper regarding the fourth bullet point, I wonder where the US ranks in terms of administrators per person-visits. Of course, other countries likely have no need for such a metric.
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Show threadryan cooperFeb 6, 2023
@terrylorch quite a lot! I recall 2015 numbers showing we have rather low utilization but spend 8 percent of health care dollars on admin, which is ~2-5x what peer nations do