According to a 2021 health care systems ranking among selected high-income countries, the United States came last in the overall ranking of its health care system performance. The overall ranking was based on five performance categories, including access to care, care process, administrative efficiency, equity, and health care outcomes. For the category health care outcomes, which takes into account health outcomes most likely to be responsive to health care, the U.S. was ranked last, while Australia took first place. Outcomes such as infant mortality or preventable mortality were included.
This statistic present the health care outcomes rankings of the United States' health care system compared to ten other high-income countries in 2021.
Health care outcomes ranking of the United States' health system compared to ten other high-income countries in 2021
Five performance categories include:
Access to care includes measures of health care’s affordability
and timeliness.
Care process includes measures of preventive care, safe care, coordinated care, and engagement and patient preferences.
Administrative efficiency refers to how well health systems reduce documentation (paperwork) and other bureaucratic tasks that patients and clinicians frequently face during care.
Equity focuses on income-related disparities, based on standardized data across the 11 analyzed countries, in the access to care, care process, and administrative efficiency performance domains.
Health care outcomes reported here refer to those health outcomes that are most likely to be responsive to health care.
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Commonwealth Fund. (August 4, 2021). Health care outcomes ranking of the United States' health system compared to ten other high-income countries in 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1290458/health-care-system-health-outcomes-ranking-of-select-countries/
Commonwealth Fund. "Health care outcomes ranking of the United States' health system compared to ten other high-income countries in 2021." Chart. August 4, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1290458/health-care-system-health-outcomes-ranking-of-select-countries/
Commonwealth Fund. (2021). Health care outcomes ranking of the United States' health system compared to ten other high-income countries in 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1290458/health-care-system-health-outcomes-ranking-of-select-countries/
Commonwealth Fund. "Health Care Outcomes Ranking of The United States' Health System Compared to Ten Other High-income Countries in 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 4 Aug 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1290458/health-care-system-health-outcomes-ranking-of-select-countries/
Commonwealth Fund, Health care outcomes ranking of the United States' health system compared to ten other high-income countries in 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1290458/health-care-system-health-outcomes-ranking-of-select-countries/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Health care outcomes ranking of the United States' health system compared to ten other high-income countries in 2021 [Graph], Commonwealth Fund, August 4, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1290458/health-care-system-health-outcomes-ranking-of-select-countries/
