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US Healthcare cost: 17% of GDP Sweden healthcare cost: 10% of GDP Which is superior?
by isostatic 10y ago
US Healthcare cost: 17% of GDP
Sweden healthcare cost: 10% of GDP
Which is superior?
- hnaparst 10y agoThe U.S. health care system is much superior. When I was in Sweden, I asked my vet if she would take me on as a patient because vet care is better than people care. But at least the funerals are free.
- isostatic 10y agoMore hospital beds, lower infant mortality, higher life expectancy, lower chance of dying before 60, higher quality of healthcare overall. http://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/compare/Sweden/United-States/Health http://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/compare/Sweden/Unit... I can't see a single scientific measure supporting the statement that the US has a better health system than Sweden
- hnaparst 10y agoYou need to look farther than the sources you are quoting then. I would suggest talking to people who have lived in both countries.
- bjelkeman-again 10y agoCost is not the only comparison. The US scores last in this study of eleven countries. Sweden third. Having received healthcare in the US, the U.K. and Sweden, I personally prefer Sweden. But as the US is a very large place it is hard to generalise. http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/fund-reports/2014/jun/mirror-mirror http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/fund-reports/20...
- isostatic 10y agoThe UK spends a tiny amount on health care - $1400 a year less per head than comparative european countries like Germany, France, Belgium etc, and $5,400 a year less per head than the USA. Yet it has better healthcare than the USA.