Despite spending nearly twice as much per person each year on healthcare, the United States has a higher rate of potentially preventable deaths than France, Germany and the United Kingdom, according to a Commonwealth Fund-supported study published in Health Affairs.
Researchers from RAND Europe and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine analyzed potentially preventable mortality trends. They found the overall potentially preventable death rate among men ages 0 to 74 dropped by only 18.5 percent in the United States, while the rate declined by nearly 37 percent in the U.K. between 1999 and 2007. For women, the rate fell by 17.5 percent in the U.S. but by nearly 32 percent in the U.K. Similar trends were found when comparing U.S. rates to France and Germany.
The researchers suggest universal healthcare systems in France, Germany and the U.K. may be a contributing factor.
Researchers from RAND Europe and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine analyzed potentially preventable mortality trends. They found the overall potentially preventable death rate among men ages 0 to 74 dropped by only 18.5 percent in the United States, while the rate declined by nearly 37 percent in the U.K. between 1999 and 2007. For women, the rate fell by 17.5 percent in the U.S. but by nearly 32 percent in the U.K. Similar trends were found when comparing U.S. rates to France and Germany.
The researchers suggest universal healthcare systems in France, Germany and the U.K. may be a contributing factor.
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