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How do the use and price of healthcare in the U.S. compare to other countries?


Source: OECD (2013), "OECD Health Data: Health care utilisation", OECD Health Statistics (database). doi: 10.1787/health-data-en (Accessed on October 29, 2014). Notes: In cases where 2011 data were unavailable, data from the countries' last available year are shown.

The U.S. has fewer physician consultations per capita than most comparable countries

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Doctors Consultations, per capita, in all settings, 2010



The U.S. consistently has had fewer physician consultations per capita than comparable countriesDoctors Consultations, per capita, in all settings, 1995 - 2010

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 20100

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United States

Australia

Netherlands

France

Sweden

Belgium

United Kingdom

Canada

Austria

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Switzerland

Germany

Japan

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Source: Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of 2013 OECD data: "OECD Health Data: Health care utilisation", OECD Health Statistics (database). doi: 10.1787/health-data-en (Accessed on September 10, 2014). Notes: In cases where 2010 data were unavailable, data from the countries' last available year are shown.

Patients in the U.S. have much shorter average hospital stays than patients in comparable countriesAverage number of days in the hospital per visit (all causes) (2010)


Source: OECD (2013), "OECD Health Data: Health care utilisation", OECD Health Statistics (database). doi: 10.1787/health-data-en (Accessed on December 16, 2014). Notes: In cases where 2010 data were unavailable, data from the countries' last available year are shown.

Overtime, the U.S. has had much shorter average hospital stays than patients in comparable countriesInpatient care average length of stay, all hospitals (2011)

1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 20110

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The U.S. performs fewer angioplasty and more coronary bypass surgeries than most comparable countries

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Number of Transluminal coronary angioplasties performed per 100,000 population (2010)

Number of Coronary artery bypass grafts performed per 100,000 population (2009)

Source: OECD (2013), "OECD Health Data: Health care utilisation", OECD Health Statistics (database). doi: 10.1787/health-data-en (Accessed on October 29, 2014). Notes: In cases where 2010 or 2009 data were unavailable, data from the countries' last available year are shown.



The number of angioplasties performed in the U.S. is declining

Number of Transluminal coronary angioplasties performed per 100,000 population

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 20100

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The number of coronary bypass surgeries performed in the U.S. is declining

Number of Coronary artery bypass grafts performed per 100,000 population

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 20090

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Source: International Federation of Health Plans (2013), “2013 Comparative Price Report, Variation in Medical and Hospital Prices by Country”

The average price of an angioplasty or bypass in the U.S. is higher than in other comparable countries

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$5,000

$10,000

$15,000

$20,000

$25,000

$30,000

$5,295

$8,477

$10,897

$27,907

Average price of an Angioplasty (2013)

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$10,000

$20,000

$30,000

$40,000

$50,000

$60,000

$70,000

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$15,742

$36,509

$42,130

$75,345

Average price of Coronary bypass surgery (2013)


The U.S. performs more caesarean sections than most comparably wealthy countries

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Number of caesarean sections performed per 100,000 female population (2012)



The average price of a caesarean section in the U.S. is more than the price of a normal delivery


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$4,000

$6,000

$8,000

$10,000

$12,000

$14,000

$16,000

$18,000

$5,492

$10,263 $10,681

$15,240

Average price of a caesarean section (2013)



$2,000

$4,000

$6,000

$8,000

$10,000

$12,000

$2,824

$6,623

$8,307

$10,002

Average price of normal delivery (2013)


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U.S. leads comparable OECD countries in MRI availability and use

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Number of MRI units available per million population (2012) Number of MRI exams performed per 1,000 population (2013)

Sources: OECD (2013), "OECD Health Data: Health care resources", OECD Health Statistics (database). doi: 10.1787/health-data-en (Accessed on September 10, 2014). Notes: In cases where 2011 data were unavailable, data from the countries' last available year are shown. Some countries, such as Japan, are omitted because data are not available for both indicators.



The average price of an MRI in the U.S. is significantly higher than in other comparable countries

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$1,400

$138

$350

$461

$1,145

Average price of an MRI (2013)

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