As a crude indicator, one can use the difference in health care’s share of GDP between the United States and similar countries to gauge the magnitude of inefficiency.
Looking at the average for Canada, Germany, Japan, Sweden, Britain, and France, it appears that the amount of resources devoted to health care in the United States that may be due to inefficiency is roughly 5 percent of GDP (15.3 percent in the United States in 2006, versus 9.6 percent, the average for the six comparison countries, all of which have better health outcomes).
28 Put another way, judging from the spending and outcomes in other countries, efficiency improvements in the U.S. health care system potentially could free up resources equal to 5 percent of U.S. GDP. This is, however, only a rough measure. It may well be that because of other differences between the various countries the true level is smaller. But, this estimate is a useful guidepost.29
Further evidence that the high level of spending in the United States reflects inefficiency
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There are no statistical indicators I can think that in any way suggests that the Aemrican HC delivery system is even remotely more efficient or offers better HC than the HC delivery systems of Europe.
You guys who imagine otherwise, those of you who imagine that the USA system is efficient or deliverers better HC outcomes, are quite simply WRONG.
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