International Comparisons
Commonwealth Fund
The United States compares very poorly to the rest of the developed world in both efficiency and effectiveness of health care delivery in rankings from the Commonwealth Fund, Bloomberg and the World health Organization. The 2021 Mirror, Mirror Interactive report can be used to probe the comparisons at a very detailed level.
Key findings: The U.S. ranked last on performance overall and ranked last or near last on the Access, Administrative Efficiency, Equity, and Health Care Outcomes domains. The top-ranked countries overall were the U.K., Australia, and the Netherlands. Based on a broad range of indicators, the U.S. health system is an outlier, spending far more but falling short of the performance achieved by other high-income countries. The results suggest the U.S. health care system should look at other countries’ approaches if it wants to achieve an affordable high-performing health care system that serves all Americans.
The Commonwealth Fund has captured the state of the US health care in two charts:
Bloomberg
Bloomberg 2019 healthiest country Rankings
a. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-24/spain-tops-italy-as-world-s-healthiest-nation-while-u-s-slips
World Health Organization (WHO)
World Health Organization (WHO) Ranking of the World’s 100 Best Health Systems “This (2010) report examines and compares aspects of health systems around the world. It provides conceptual insights into the complex factors that explain how health systems perform and offers practical advice on how to assess performance and achieve improvements with available resources."