USA healthcare spending not linked to better life expectancy and health outcomes

USA Spending on Healthcare IS NOT Performance-Based and IS NOT Correlated to Longer Life Expectancy Healthcare Spending per capita vs. Average Life Expectancy Among OECD Countries, 2007 BBR a Japan o r) , = oe? oe m g0 ----------------------- © gO ee i e Eo S. Koreae ra i * g fe ° & -“ * @ a ®@ UK __ Linear Trend line (ex. USA) i — USA 2 ie = : im e oy wei RG: = Ge Se SR em ee ee -e e ee e ee ee e - a Mexico e Ho o @ Hungary vo > <t 70 I T T T T T T T 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 Total Expenditure on Health per capita, $US (PPP Adj.) KP Source: OECD. i USA Inc. | Income Statement Drilldown 111 In Addition to Life Expectancy, USA Falls Behind OECD Averages in Many Other Health Indicators OECD USA Ranking 2007 Health Indicators USA Median (1 = Best, 30 = Worst) RED = Below Average Obesity (% of total population) 34 15 30 Infant Mortality (per 1,000 live births) 7 4 27 Medical Resources Available (per 1,000 population) Total Hospital Beds 3 6 25 Practicing Physicians 2 3 22 Doctors’ Consultations per Year 4 6 19 MRI Machines*® (per million population) 26 9 1 Cause of Death (per 100,000 population) Heart Attack 216 178 22 Respiratory Diseases 60 45 21 Diabetes 20 12 20 Cancer 158 159 14 Stroke 33 45 8 FES skocb.com ree eee Sa na |Ingome Statement Drildown 112 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020897