U.S. Health Care Costs High, Quality Low, Study Finds
The U.S. spends more than twice as much per person for health care as most other industrialized countries but ranks last in death prevention though timely and effective medical care, according a new Commonwealth Fund report.
- "While the U.S. Spends Heavily on Health Care, a Study Faults the Quality" (Abelson, New York Times, 7/17).