Health care in the United States is provided by many government and private organisations/services. The U.S.A. spends more money per capita and a greater proportion of GDP on healthcare than any other nation in the world. In 2007 the U.S.A. spent 2.26 trillion USD on health care.
In 200 the World Health Organisation ranked the system first for responsiveness but 37th overall performance.
Life Expectancy |
77.5 |
Infant Mortality Rate |
6.0 |
Physicians per 1000 people |
2.56 |
Nurses over 1000 people |
9.37 |
Expenditure on health per capita USD |
5,711 |
Healthcare cost as a % of GDP |
16.0 |
% of government revenue spent on health |
18.5 |
% of health costs paid by the government |
44.6 |
[1] - CIA World factbook
[2] - World Health Organisation
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