{"id":1477403,"date":"2024-07-14T22:05:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T02:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1477403"},"modified":"2024-07-14T22:05:00","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T02:05:00","slug":"spot-the-odd-one-out-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/spot-the-odd-one-out-2\/1477403\/","title":{"rendered":"Spot The Odd One Out"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spot The Odd One Out<\/span><\/p>\n

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The COVID-19 pandemic erased nearly two decades of\u00a0life expectancy<\/a>\u00a0gains in America. Meanwhile, U.S. health spending per capita is at the highest level in the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the graphic below, Visual Capitalist’s Marcus Lu visualizes<\/a> life expectancy and per capita healthcare costs across several wealthy nations.<\/p>\n

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Figures were compiled by\u00a0Peterson-KFF<\/a>, and are as of 2022.<\/em><\/p>\n

America Spends a Lot on Healthcare, For Little Gain<\/h2>\n

As Peterson\u2013KFF bluntly notes, \u201cthe U.S. has the\u00a0lowest life expectancy\u00a0amongst large, wealthy countries\u201d while their per capita healthcare cost has moved past $12,500 as of 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

In fact the U.S. is an outlier for both healthcare costs (+$4,600 from next-highest\u00a0Germany<\/strong>), and in life expectancy (-3.2 years from\u00a0Germany<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

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Note: Health spend is measured in PPP-adjusted 2022 U.S. dollars.<\/em><\/p>\n

From the 12 developed countries in the analysis, the average healthcare per capita cost is at $6,700 with a life expectancy of 82.2 years. Americans spend nearly double the amount while living 5 years less on average. Peterson-KFF also notes that in 1980, the U.S. had similar health spends and life expectancies as all its peers. Trends have since diverged.<\/p>\n

Of course, both health care spending and life expectancies are influenced by a variety of socioeconomic factors. For example, the\u00a0UK<\/strong>\u00a0has the lowest costs ($5,500) amongst its European peers in the group, thanks in part to its National Health Service.<\/p>\n

At the same time,\u00a0Japan\u00a0has one of the highest life expectancies in the world (84 years) while its per capita health costs come in at $5,300.<\/strong> Their low red meat intake and high fish consumption are partially credited with maintaining good health in the population.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nSun, 07\/14\/2024 – 18:05<\/span><\/p>\n

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