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September 5, 1985New England Journal of Medicine

Medicine versus Economics

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LTLester C. ThurowNew School

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Economic analysis reveals rising health care spending alongside lagging national health metrics in the United States, highlighting systemic disconnects between investment and population health.

Key Points

  • To examine the relationship between rising United States health care spending as a proportion of gross national product and comparative international health outcomes.
  • Assessed historical trends in United States health care spending relative to gross national product over a twenty-year period.
  • Compared United States health rankings internationally across male life expectancy, female life expectancy, and infant mortality metrics.
  • Health care spending increased from 5 percent to 11 percent of the United States gross national product across two decades.
  • Despite the highest spending globally, the United States ranked 15th in male life expectancy, 7th in female life expectancy, and 13th in infant mortality.

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Lester C. Thurow (1985) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0eae77aa1655e5fb22a69dhttps://doi.org/10.1056/nejm198509053131005
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