Earlier this week, Health Affairs published an analysis of eight countries with various types of healthcare systems that revealed the U.S. has the highest hospital administrative costs, at 25.3 percent of total hospital spending.
The study also contained data on total healthcare spending in 2011. The following statistics show how the various nations compare. Note: The statistics for the United Kingdom include England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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U.S. |
Canada |
France |
Germany |
Netherlands |
U.K. |
|
Healthcare spending per capita |
$8,233 |
$4,445 |
$3,974 |
$4,338 |
$5,056 |
$3,433 |
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Healthcare spending as a percent of GDP |
17.6 percent |
11.4 percent |
11.6 percent |
11.6 percent |
12 percent |
9.6 percent |
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Health insurance overhead and government health administration per capita |
$587 |
$147 |
$274 |
$233 |
$183 |
Not available |