Mirror, mirror on the wall: how the performance of the U.S. health care system compares internationally : 2014 update
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Author(s):
- Davis, Karen, author Stremikis, Kristof, author Squires, David, author Schoen, Cathy, author
- Contributor(s):
- Commonwealth Fund, issuing body.
- Publication:
- New York, NY : Commonwealth Fund, 2014
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care) Quality Assurance, Health Care Delivery of Health Care -- economics Delivery of Health Care -- legislation & jurisprudence Delivery of Health Care -- statistics & numerical data Efficiency Forecasting Global Health Health Care Costs -- statistics & numerical data Health Care Reform -- economics Health Care Reform -- legislation & jurisprudence Health Care Reform -- statistics & numerical data Health Services Accessibility -- economics Health Services Accessibility -- legislation & jurisprudence Health Services Accessibility -- statistics & numerical data Healthcare Disparities -- statistics & numerical data Medical Informatics -- trends Patient-Centered Care -- statistics & numerical data Preventive Health Services -- economics Preventive Health Services -- legislation & jurisprudence Humans Australia Canada Europe New Zealand United States United States.
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- The United States health care system is the most expensive in the world, but comparative analyses consistently show the U.S. underperforms relative to other countries on most dimensions of performance. Among the 11 nations studied in this report--Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States--the U.S. ranks last, as it did in prior editions of Mirror, Mirror. The United Kingdom ranks first, followed closely by Switzerland. Since the data in this study were collected, the U.S. has made significant strides adopting health information technology and undertaking payment and delivery system reforms spurred by the Affordable Care Act. Continued implementation of the law could further encourage more affordable access and more efficient organization and delivery of health care, and allow investment in preventive and population health measures that could improve the performance of the U.S. health care system.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (31 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101635001 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101635001