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United States health care spending is almost twice that of other industrialized nations but yields disappointing outcomes, including a life expectancy 1.8 years below average.
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Emphasizes US spending inefficiency; leaves open identification of high-value interventions for research.
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Thomas Berlin (2017) studied this question. United States health care spending is almost twice that of other industrialized nations but yields disappointing outcomes, including a life expectancy 1.8 years below average.
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