Health Affairs, 26, no. 4 (2007): 998 doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.26.4.998 © 2007 by Project HOPE	New Online   Senate Health Reform Bill   Rewarding Providers   Public Option Policy Brief   Health Reform & Abortion   Delivery System Reform

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A Global View Of Health: Country Studies

That the United States spends a great deal on health care without necessarily accruing proportionate returns on its investment in terms of number of people covered or population health indicators is hardly news. A 2007 Commonwealth Fund report, in fact, noted that among the thirty industrialized nations, the United States spends the greatest proportion of gross domestic product (GDP) on health services, while having the most potential years of life lost due to circulatory and respiratory diseases and diabetes. Such findings seemingly exert little impact on domestic health policy dynamics.

If taken at face value, though, these widely cited results . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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