U.S. only gets health care right “about half the time”
Elizabeth McGlynn, Ph.D, associate director of RAND Health and distinguished chair in health quality, says that “many people say the United States has the best health care system in the world” but that she and her colleagues published a study that found that “on average, American adults received just 55 percent of recommend care for leading causes of death and disability.” She says that “we spend more than two trillion dollars annually on health care, and we get it right about half the time.” She says “we can, and should, do better.” (0:38)
June 3, 2008
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