Compare U.S. healthcare quality and system capacity with those of similarly large, wealthy nations, including changes over time.
Approach:
Comparison: A collection of charts compares the United States with peer nations across care-quality measures.
Measures: Measures include health outcomes, treatment outcomes, patient safety, health system capacity, and per-capita healthcare spending.
Key Findings:
U.S. per-capita healthcare spending is nearly double that of comparable wealthy nations, while U.S. life expectancy is lower.
The United States fares worse than peer nations on long-term health outcomes, including life expectancy; selected treatment outcomes, including maternal mortality and congestive heart failure hospital admissions; patient safety, including obstetric trauma with instrument; and health system capacity, including the rate of general practitioners.
U.S. performance is similar to or better than peer nations for mortality within 30 days after acute hospital treatment and some patient safety measures, including post-operative complications.
Interpretation:
The chart collection presents a mixed comparison: U.S. performance is worse on several measures but similar to or better on others.
Limitations:
The provided context does not specify the countries, years, or detailed methods used for each comparison.
Conclusion:
The Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker provides an online hub for monitoring and assessing U.S. health system performance.
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