▲ 432 ▼ Life Expectancy vs. Health Expenditure per Capita (climatejustice.social) submitted 2 years ago by Masimatutu@lemm.ee to c/dataisbeautiful@lemmy.ml 68 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] xhci@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 years ago (9 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 9 child comments replies: [–] Masimatutu@lemm.ee [S] 35 points 2 years ago* (5 children) Expenditure on health gives a measure of the final consumption of health goods and services (i.e. current health expenditure). This includes spending by all types of financing arrangements (such as government-based programmes, social insurance and out-of-pocket spending) on medical services and goods, population health and prevention programmes, as well as administration of the health system. OECD, Health at a Glance 2021 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [+] xhci@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 years ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Masimatutu@lemm.ee [S] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) You're welcome! You were right to ask. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] speck@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago I'm always delighted to stumble on a wholesome exchange like this. Thank you both! permalink fedilink source parent [+] sqgl@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] sqgl@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago So if I pay $10k per year for insurance and the insurance company spends $5k on fixing me then the total is $15k? If so then doesn't this paint ls USA in a worse light than it deserves since universally funded countries would only count $5k in this graph. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Ersatz86@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) Further, is that number to include government healthcare funding, as well as out-of-pocket expense, in other words, money spent on behalf of the individual? I’d like some clarity as this chart on its face is pretty damning. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bstix@feddit.dk 6 points 2 years ago It has to be, otherwise most of Europe would be along the y-axis. permalink fedilink source parent [+] xhci@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Masimatutu@lemm.ee [S] 35 points 2 years ago* (5 children) Expenditure on health gives a measure of the final consumption of health goods and services (i.e. current health expenditure). This includes spending by all types of financing arrangements (such as government-based programmes, social insurance and out-of-pocket spending) on medical services and goods, population health and prevention programmes, as well as administration of the health system. OECD, Health at a Glance 2021 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [+] xhci@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 years ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Masimatutu@lemm.ee [S] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) You're welcome! You were right to ask. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] speck@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago I'm always delighted to stumble on a wholesome exchange like this. Thank you both! permalink fedilink source parent [+] sqgl@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] sqgl@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago So if I pay $10k per year for insurance and the insurance company spends $5k on fixing me then the total is $15k? If so then doesn't this paint ls USA in a worse light than it deserves since universally funded countries would only count $5k in this graph. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] xhci@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 years ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Masimatutu@lemm.ee [S] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) You're welcome! You were right to ask. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] speck@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago I'm always delighted to stumble on a wholesome exchange like this. Thank you both! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Masimatutu@lemm.ee [S] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) You're welcome! You were right to ask. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] speck@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago I'm always delighted to stumble on a wholesome exchange like this. Thank you both! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] speck@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago I'm always delighted to stumble on a wholesome exchange like this. Thank you both! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sqgl@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago So if I pay $10k per year for insurance and the insurance company spends $5k on fixing me then the total is $15k? If so then doesn't this paint ls USA in a worse light than it deserves since universally funded countries would only count $5k in this graph. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ersatz86@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) Further, is that number to include government healthcare funding, as well as out-of-pocket expense, in other words, money spent on behalf of the individual? I’d like some clarity as this chart on its face is pretty damning. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bstix@feddit.dk 6 points 2 years ago It has to be, otherwise most of Europe would be along the y-axis. permalink fedilink source parent [+] xhci@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bstix@feddit.dk 6 points 2 years ago It has to be, otherwise most of Europe would be along the y-axis. permalink fedilink source parent