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Healthcare by the Numbers

7-16% : percentage of GDP in developed countries; negative productivity contributor 1 Up to 30%: amount of U.S. healthcare spent on administrative waste 2 35%: Americans who felt that it was absolutely essential to have the latest medical technology, while only 21 percent of Germansa technologically progressive nationwho felt the same way 3 50%: how often right care is delivered to patients 4 100,000: number of lives lost per year in the United States due to preventable medical errors; medical errors account for top ten cause of death in most countries 5 42%: adults who reported experiencing either inefficient care, poorly coordinated care, or unsafe care in the past two years 6 92%: Americans who believe computerized medical records would be an effective strategy to improve care quality 6 93%: adults who endorse giving their doctors access to medical records across sites of care 6 2.2 million: number of Americans affected by medical bankruptcy each year 7 75.7%: percentage of Americans who had insurance at onset of illness 7 #1 cost concern of American CEOs: healthcare costs and quality 8

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: U.S. healthcare spending 16% of GDP; Organisation for Economic CoOperation and Development: Ireland spent 7.1% of GDP on healthcare in 2004 2 Annals of Internal Medicine, 2003 3 Survey: Harris/Harvard/RWJ Study, 1994 4 RAND Corp., 2004 5 Institute of Medicine, 2004 6 The Commonwealth Fund, August 2006 7 Health Affairs, Feb. 2005 8 The Business Roundtable CEO Economic Outlook Survey, December 2005

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