Country  | Life expectancy | Infant mortality rate | Physicians per 1000 people | Nurses per 1000 people | Per capita expenditure on health (USD) | Healthcare costs as a percent of GDP | % of government revenue spent on health | % of health costs paid by government |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 81.1 | 4.7 | 2.8 | 9.7 | 2,999 | 8.8 | 17.7 | 67.0 |
| Canada | 80.4 | 5.4 | 2.1 | 8.8 | 3,678 | 10.1 | 16.7 | 70.0 |
| France | 80.9 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 7.6 | 3,449 | 11.1 | 14.2 | 79.7 |
| Germany | 79.8 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 9.8 | 3,371 | 10.6 | 17.6 | 77.0 |
| Japan | 82.4 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 9.3 | 2,474 | 8.2 | 16.8 | 82.7 |
| Sweden | 80.8 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 10.7 | 3,202 | 9.2 | 13.6 | 81.7 |
| UK | 79.1 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 11.9 | 2,760 | 8.4 | 15.8 | 87.0 |
| US | 77.8 | 6.9 | 2.4 | 10.5 | 6,714 | 16.0 | 18.5 | 46.0 |
A nation under a well regulated government, should permit none to remain uninstructed. It is monarchical and aristocratical government only that requires ignorance for its support. --Thomas Paine, Rights of Man, 1792
8.11.2009
Comparision of Health Care Systems and Health
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