The Commonwealth Fund report compares the United States with 10 other countries: France, Australia, Germany, Canada, Sweden, New Zealand, Norway, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. It has been found that all are superior based on several factors. These include quality of care, access to doctors and equity throughout the country. The results of the study are based on data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the World Health Organization and interviews with doctors and patients.
Although the United States has the most expensive healthcare system in the world, the country ranks last in terms of efficiency, equity and results, according to the report. One of the most disturbing revelations is that the high rate of insurance spending is not proportional to patient satisfaction or service quality. High costs and coverage gaps "undermine efforts in the United States to improve care coordination," says the report.
A striking report prepared in the report was a need for equity throughout the country. "Disparities in access to services underscore the need to expand insurance to cover people without insurance and to ensure that all Americans have an accessible medical center," he said. The lack of universal medical care was observed as the main difference between the United States and other industrialized countries.
Despite these weaknesses, the scale of the reforms was observed under the Affordable Health Care Act, including new databases for transparent information and financial assistance for low and middle income families. "These efforts are likely to help doctors provide more effective and efficient care," the report concludes.
