Bradley/Taylor: Inadequate attention to and investment in services - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Bradley/Taylor: Inadequate attention to and investment in services - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Bradley/Taylor: Inadequate attention to and investment in services that address the broader determinants of health is the unnamed culprit behind why the United States spends so much on health care but continues to lag behind in health
High Spending on Health Care
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Total Health Service Expenditures
Percent of GDP
Source: OECD Health Data 2009, Social Expenditure Dataset (Paris, France: OECD, 2009) Slides from Elizabeth Bradley, Feb 2014 Elizabeth.Bradley@yale.edu
Incorporating Social Service Spending
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Total Social Service Expenditures Total Health Service Expenditures
Source: OECD Health Data 2009, Social Expenditure Dataset (Paris, France: OECD, 2009) Slides from Elizabeth Bradley, Feb 2014 ; Elizabeth.Bradley@yale.edu
Percent of GDP
U.S. Ranking among 34 OECD Countries
Source: OECD, Health at a Glance 2009: OECD Publishing
Slides from Elizabeth Bradley, Feb 2014; Elizabeth.Bradley@yale.edu
Maternal Mortality Life Expectancy Low Birth Weight Infant Mortality 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 25th 26th 28th 31st
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