Sunday, August 24, 2003

Some more healthcare facts

(From an article in The New England Journal of Medecine, August 21st 2003
Authors: Steffie Woolhander, M.D., M.P.H., Terry Campbell, M.H.A. and David
Himmelstein, M.D.)

Costs of Healthcare Administration in the US and Candada:

Numbers are Spending per capita in USD

Canadian figure follows the US in parentheses


Insurance Overhead 259 (47)

Employers' cost to manage
health benefits 57 (8)

Hospital Administration 315 (103)

Nursing home Administration 62 (29)

Administrative costs of practitioners 324 (107)

Home care administration 42 (13)

Total 1,059 (307)

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