http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2007/01/10/usa-healthcare-costs-now-16-of-gdp/ Management Improvement focused on Deming, lean thinking, innovation, customer focus, six sigma, etc. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:35:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2007/01/10/usa-healthcare-costs-now-16-of-gdp/comment-page-1/#comment-32821 Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog » Measuring the Health of Nations Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:28:47 +0000 http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2007/01/10/usa-healthcare-costs-now-16-of-gdp/#comment-32821 [...] It might seem like a stretch to compare the lowest ranked country to the average of the top 3, but, for all those that feel the USA is the best health care system it raises the questions of why they don’t think 100,000 annual deaths is a significant enough problem to lower their opinion of the current system. And remember the USA system costs something like twice as much as the average system: up to 16% of GNP in 2006. [...] [...] It might seem like a stretch to compare the lowest ranked country to the average of the top 3, but, for all those that feel the USA is the best health care system it raises the questions of why they don’t think 100,000 annual deaths is a significant enough problem to lower their opinion of the current system. And remember the USA system costs something like twice as much as the average system: up to 16% of GNP in 2006. [...]

]]> http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2007/01/10/usa-healthcare-costs-now-16-of-gdp/comment-page-1/#comment-31559 Curious Cat » USA Spent $2.1 Trillion on Health Care in 2006 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:44:40 +0000 http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2007/01/10/usa-healthcare-costs-now-16-of-gdp/#comment-31559 Health care spending reached a total of $2.1 trillion, or $7,026 per person in 2006, up from $6,649 per person in 2005... Health care spending reached a total of $2.1 trillion, or $7,026 per person in 2006, up from $6,649 per person in 2005…

]]> http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2007/01/10/usa-healthcare-costs-now-16-of-gdp/comment-page-1/#comment-29314 CuriousCat: USA Paying More for Health Care Wed, 12 Sep 2007 01:09:57 +0000 http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2007/01/10/usa-healthcare-costs-now-16-of-gdp/#comment-29314 Decades ago W. Edwards Deming targeted high health care costs as a deadly disease of the US economy decades ago and the problem has just gotten worse almost every single year since... Decades ago W. Edwards Deming targeted high health care costs as a deadly disease of the US economy decades ago and the problem has just gotten worse almost every single year since…

]]> http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2007/01/10/usa-healthcare-costs-now-16-of-gdp/comment-page-1/#comment-27550 CuriousCat: Fixing Health Care - Andy Grove Wed, 02 May 2007 17:37:42 +0000 http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2007/01/10/usa-healthcare-costs-now-16-of-gdp/#comment-27550 Intel's "Grove sees a major breakdown in a system that leaves nearly 50 million Americans uninsured and emergency rooms closing down in droves..." Intel’s “Grove sees a major breakdown in a system that leaves nearly 50 million Americans uninsured and emergency rooms closing down in droves…”

]]> http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2007/01/10/usa-healthcare-costs-now-16-of-gdp/comment-page-1/#comment-27277 Curious Cat Investing and Economics Blog » Held Hostage By Health Care Sat, 07 Apr 2007 14:52:20 +0000 http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2007/01/10/usa-healthcare-costs-now-16-of-gdp/#comment-27277 This is one of the many problems with the existing health care system in the USA. That system now costs 16% of USA GDP - the highest cost anywhere... This is one of the many problems with the existing health care system in the USA. That system now costs 16% of USA GDP – the highest cost anywhere…

]]> http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2007/01/10/usa-healthcare-costs-now-16-of-gdp/comment-page-1/#comment-26386 Curious Cat Science and Engineering Blog » Antibiotics Too Often Prescribed for Sinus Woes Thu, 22 Mar 2007 15:19:28 +0000 http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2007/01/10/usa-healthcare-costs-now-16-of-gdp/#comment-26386 [...] to patients even if it means going against what is the best medical advice. Is it any wonder that helath costs continue to escalate, now totaling 16% of GDP, with such practices accepted? How hard is it to say, yeah great you want x drug, that is not [...] [...] to patients even if it means going against what is the best medical advice. Is it any wonder that helath costs continue to escalate, now totaling 16% of GDP, with such practices accepted? How hard is it to say, yeah great you want x drug, that is not [...]

]]> http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2007/01/10/usa-healthcare-costs-now-16-of-gdp/comment-page-1/#comment-2711 Newt on Management History Tue, 23 Jan 2007 05:17:44 +0000 http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2007/01/10/usa-healthcare-costs-now-16-of-gdp/#comment-2711 [...] Health care does seem to finally be getting some serious political consideration. Finally people are realizing excessive medical costs are a deadly disease afflicting the American economy, as Dr. Deming put it. [...] [...] Health care does seem to finally be getting some serious political consideration. Finally people are realizing excessive medical costs are a deadly disease afflicting the American economy, as Dr. Deming put it. [...]

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