US healthcare system still among least efficient in the world
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THE US healthcare system remains among the least efficient in the world.
America was 50th out of 55 countries in 2014, according to a Bloomberg index that assesses life expectancy, healthcare spending per capita and relative spending as a share of gross domestic product. Expenditures averaged US$9,403 per person, about 17.1 per cent of GDP, that year - the most recent for which data are available - and life expectancy was 78.9. Only Jordan, Colombia, Azerbaijan, Brazil and Russia ranked lower.
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