

Health System Dashboard
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17.9%
of the GDP
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52%
of adults in worse health worry about medical bills
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79
(comparable countries average 82)
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-21%
from 2010 to 2015
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How do mortality rates in the U.S. compare to other countries?
The U.S. has lower than average mortality rates for cancers but higher than average rates in the other causes of mortality. This collection of charts explores how mortality rates in the U.S. compare to similar OECD countries (those that are …
Long-Term Trends in Employer-Based Coverage
Employer-based health insurance is the most important source of health coverage for the nonelderly, covering about 58% of this population in 2017. The workplace has long been a significant source of coverage for those in working families, although its importance …
How does cost affect access to care?
This collection of charts and a related brief explore trends in access to care in the U.S. The high cost of health care can be a barrier to access for both insured people (particularly those with high deductibles) and the …
In a given year, a small portion of the population is responsible for a very large percentage of total health spending. We tend to focus on averages when discussing health spending, but individuals’ health status – and thus their need …
How much is health spending expected to grow?
This chart collection explores the ways health spending has changed over time and projections of health spending in the future. An earlier brief also explored trends in this topic. …
How has U.S. spending on healthcare changed over time?
This chart collection explores recently released National Health Expenditure (NHE) data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. These data offer insight into changes in health spending over time as well as the driving forces behind spending growth.…
What are the recent and forecasted trends in prescription drug spending?
The cost of prescription drugs has become a hot-button issue with consumers and policymakers. One in four people taking prescription drugs report difficulty affording their medication and recent Kaiser Family Foundation opinion polling has found bipartisan support for government action …
How does health spending in the U.S. compare to other countries?
This chart collection takes a look at how spending on healthcare in the United States compares to other OECD countries that are similarly large and wealthy (based on GDP and GDP per capita). The analysis looks at 2017 health data …
A generation of healthcare in the United States: Has value improved in the last 25 years?
Jeffrey Selberg is a Senior Advisor with the Peterson Center on Healthcare. Bradley Sawyer, Cynthia Cox, Marco Ramirez, Gary Claxton, and Larry Levitt are with the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Measuring the value of the U.S. healthcare system – and particularly …
More employers are paying for telemedicine, but enrollee take-up has been relatively low
Telemedicine – the delivery of health services by providers at remote locations, such as through video conferencing or remote monitoring – has been seen as a way to possibly improve access to care while also lowering costs. In our 2018 …