The American Health Care Paradox: Why Spending More is Getting Us Less
The United States spends a higher percentage—a much higher percentage—of its GDP on medical services than any other country in the world. It’s now more than 17 percent of our economy. Yet American health outcomes are not obviously superior to those of other wealthy countries.
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Unaccountable: What Hospitals Won't Tell You and How Transparency Can Revolutionize Health Care
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These other nations have better diets, get a lot of exercise, and perhaps have other, more mysterious factors operating in their favor.