Fact Based List:

How the Performance of the U.S. Health Care System Compares Internationally (Health Expenditures/Capita)

  1. Netherlands ($3,837)
  2. United Kingdom ($2,992)
  3. Australia ($3,357)
  4. Germany ($3,588)
  5. New Zealand ($2,454)
  6. Canada ($3,895)
  7. United States ($7,290)

Source: The Commonwealth Fund. "Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: How the Performance of the U.S. Health Care System Compares Internationally, 2010 Update." June 23, 2010
Source URL: http://www.commonwealthfund.org/Content/Publications/Fund-Re...
Notes: Measured in Health Expenditures/Capita. A new report published by the Commonwealth Fund, among the seven nations studied—Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States—the U.S. ranks last overall, as it did in the 2007, 2006, and 2004.