01-21-2011, 07:39 AM
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US National Health Expenditure Data
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# NHE grew 4.0% to $2.5 trillion in 2009, or $8,086 per person, and accounted for 17.6% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
# Medicare spending grew 7.9% to $502.3 billion in 2009, or 20 percent of total NHE.
# Medicaid spending grew 9.0% to $373.9 billion in 2009, or 15 percent of total NHE.
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The Organisation for Economic and Co-operation and Development [OECD] released the ?OECD Health Data 2009? report which compares the health care statistics across OECD countries.
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* In 2007, the total spending for health care accounted for 16% of the country?s GDP, the highest share among the OECD and almost double the OECD average
* On a per capita basis also the U.S. spent the highest with a total of $7,290 which is two-and-half times the OECD average
* The public share of health care expenditure in the USA (45%) is less than any other OECD country
* Despite spending the most, the U.S. provides health care coverage for only the elderly, disabled and some of the poor people
* In comparison, the same amount is enough to provide universal health care insurance by the government for all citizens in other OECD countries
* 35% of total health care expenditures is done by private health insurance which is the highest In OCED
* Despite the high medical expenditure,there are fewer doctors per capita in the U.S. than most other OECD countries
* Life expectancy in the U.S. is lower when compared with Japan,Switzerland, Canada and Australia
* Infant morality rates in the U.S. is higher than most OECD countries. In 2006, it was 6.7 per live births relative to OECD average of 4.7
* The proportion of daily smokers has fallen the most (> 50%) between 1980 and 2007 in the U.S. due to public awareness and high taxation
* Obesity rate among adults is the highest in the U.S. in the OECD countries at 34.3% in 2006. Higher obesity rates leads to higher health care spending in the future
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