Annals of Internal Medicine: 7 Insights into Health Administration Costs in the U.S. vs. Canada in 2017

1. 2017 per-capita health administration costs: $2,497 in the U.S. versus $551 in Canada
2. 2017 percentage of national health expenditures devoted to administration costs: 34.2% in the U.S. versus 17% in Canada
3. 2017 per-capita insurer overhead: $844 in the U.S. versus $146 in Canada
4. 2017 per-capita hospital administration: $933 in the U.S. versus $196 in Canada
5. 2017 per-capita nursing home, home care and hospice administration: $255 in the U.S. versus $123 in Canada
6. 2017 per-capita physicians’ insurance-related costs: $465 in the U.S. versus $87 in Canada
7. The share of health administration expenditures in the U.S. has risen 3.2–percentage points since 1999

Notes: From an article entitled, "Health Care Administrative Costs in the United States and Canada, 2017," by David U. Himmelstein, MD; Terry Campbell, MHA; Steffie Woolhandler, MD, MPH.
Source: Annals of Internal Medicine, January 7, 2020
Source URL: https://annals.org/aim/article-abstract/2758511/health-care-...

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