U.S. scores dead last. Again.

Posted On June 23, 2010

Nice. I don’t know about you, but I had heard over and over that the U.S. has the best healthcare system on Earth, nay, in this part of the galaxy!!

This study shows the data, and says that that is just wrong.

The current report uses data from nationally representative patient and physician surveys in seven countries in 2007, 2008, and 2009.

In 2007, health spending was $7,290 per person in the United States, more than double that of any other country in the survey.

Australians spent $3,357, Canadians $3,895, Germans $3,588, the Netherlands $3,837 and Britons spent $2,992 per capita on health in 2007. New Zealand spent the least at $2,454.

But Americans get less service for more money, according to the Commonwealth Fund’s Cathy Schoen.

“We rank last on safety and do poorly on several dimensions of quality,” Schoen told reporters. “We do particularly poorly on going without care because of cost. And we also do surprisingly poorly on access to primary care and after-hours care.“

Here is the train wreck of a report:

U.S. scores dead last again in healthcare study | Reuters