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America's Health Rankings started in 1990 and is the longest-running annual assessment of the nation's health on a state-by-state basis. It is founded on the World Health Organization holistic definition of health, which says health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
The U.S. health care system is in a class all its own, according to a new analysis of health system performance in 10 high-income countries—but in a devastating way.
The paper noted that the rankings were broadly accepted, cited, and used to make decisions by all sorts of stakeholders. [2] The public image of the rankings was that they were unbiased. [2] A 2005 study considered U.S. News ratings with "Hospital Compare", which is a rating published by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. [3]
The U.S. had the worst-performing healthcare system overall despite spending nearly double that of other countries. It also had the lowest ranking in access to care, health equity and health outcomes.
The U.S. spends more on health care relative to the size of its economy than any other nation, but its health care system ranks dead last among a group of its peers, according to a new analysis ...
The United States spends much more money on healthcare than Canada, on both a per-capita basis and as a percentage of GDP. [8] In 2006, per-capita spending for health care in Canada was US$3,678; in the U.S., US$6,714. The U.S. spent 15.3% of GDP on healthcare in that year; Canada spent 10.0%. [8]
List of countries by health insurance coverage; List of countries by quality of healthcare; List of countries by health expenditure covered by government; List of countries by hospital beds; List of countries by cancer rate; List of countries by risk of death from non-communicable disease; Euro health consumer index (EHCI) Global Hunger Index (GHI)