US health care spending double other countries, use rates similar

The United States spent almost twice as much as other high-income countries on health care, but the use of health care in the U.S. closely aligned with those other nations, according to research recently published in JAMA.
“Although it is well known that the United States spends more on health care than other countries, less is known about what explains these differences,” Irene Papanicolas, PhD, department of health policy and management, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, and colleagues wrote. “We sought to understand why U.S. health care (Read more...)

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