50 US Health-Care Statistics that will Absolutely Astonish you !!

50 U.S. Health Care Statistics
That Will Absolutely Astonish You !!

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What the United States spent on health care in 2009
was greater than the entire GDP of Great Britain.

Source :- TIME


Health care costs accounted for just 9.5% of all
personal consumption back in 1980. Today they
account for approximately 16.3%.

Source :- New America Foundation


The United States spent 2.47 trillion dollars on health
care in 2009. It is being projected that the U.S. will
spend 4.5 trillion dollars on health care in 2019

Source :- TIME


Approximately 41 percent of working age
Americans either have medical bill problems or
are currently paying off medical debt

Source :- Commonwealth Fund


Medical bills are a major factor in more than 60
percent of the personal bankruptcies in the United
States.

Of those bankruptcies that were caused by medical
bills, approximately 75 percent of them involved
individuals that actually did have health insurance.
Source :- CNN


Over the past decade, health insurance premiums have
risen three times faster than wages have in the United
States.

Source :- Commonwealth Fund


The chairman of Aetna the third largest health insurance
company in the United States brought in a staggering $68.7
million during 2010.
Ron Williams exercised stock options that were worth
approximately $50.3 million and he raked in an additional
$18.4 million in wages and other forms of
compensation. The funny thing is that he left the company
and didn't even work the whole year.
Source:- USA TODAY


The top executives at the five largest for-profit
health insurance companies in the United
States combined to receive nearly $200 million
in total compensation for 2009.
Source :- LA TIMES


Even as the rest of the country struggled with a
deep recession, U.S. health insurance companies
increased their profits by 56 percent during 2009
alone.
Source :- ABC NEWS


America's five biggest for-profit health
insurance companies ended 2009 with a
combined profit of $12.2 billion.
Source :-ABC NEWS


In the United States, health insurance
administration expenses account for 8 percent
of all health care costs. In Finland, that figure
is just 2 percent.
Source: The Commonwealth Fund


Blue Shield of California announced plans earlier
this year to raise rates an average of 30% to 35%

Some individual policy holders were slated to see
their health insurance premiums rise by up to 59
percent.
Source: The Raw Story


Health insurance premiums for small
employers in the U.S. increased 180%
between 1999 and 2009.
Source: Mother Jones


Since 2003, health insurance companies have
shelled out more than $42 million in state-
level campaign contributions.
Source:-LA Times


There were more than two dozen pharmaceutical
companies that made over a billion dollars in
profits each during 2008.
Source: CNN Money


Each year, tens of billions of dollars is spent
on pharmaceutical marketing in the United
States alone.


Prescription drugs cost about 50% more
in the United States than they do in
other countries.
Source: Congressional Budget Office


Nearly half of all Americans now use prescription drugs
on a regular basis.
Approximately one-third of all Americans use two or
more pharmaceutical drugs, and more than ten percent of
all Americans use five or more drugs on a regular basis.
Source: Natural News


About 750,000 people a year are rushed to emergency
rooms in the United States because of adverse
reactions to pharmaceutical drugs.
Source: Leo Galland - HuffPo


The Food and Drug Administration reported 1,742
prescription drug recalls in 2009, which was a
gigantic increase from 426 drug recalls in 2008

Source: CNN Money


Children in the United States are three times
more likely to be prescribed antidepressants than
children in Europe are
Source: Science Daily


The percentage of women taking
antidepressants in America is higher than in
any other country in the world
Source: Scientific American


The medical liability system in the United States
added about $55.6 billion to the cost of health care
in 2008

Source: CNBC


According to one doctor, "a gunshot wound to
the head, chest or abdomen" will cost $13,000 at
his hospital the moment the victim comes in the
door
Source: FOX


C-sections are on the rise because a vaginal
delivery costs approximately $5,992, while a c-
section costs approximately $8,558
Source: Forbes


The United States had a higher infant mortality
rate than 45 other nations in 2009

Source: CIA World Factbook


The infant mortality rate in the United States is
nearly three times as high as it is in Singapore



It is estimated that hospitals overcharge Americans
by about 10 billion dollars every year
Source:Third Age


In fact, one trained medical billing advocate says that
over 90 percent of all the medical bills that she has
audited contain "gross overcharges“

Source:Third Age


It is not uncommon for insurance companies to get
hospitals to knock their bills down by up to 95
percent
Source: Talking Points Memo


Over the last decade, the number of Americans
without health insurance has risen from about 38
million to about 52 million
Source: Becker's Hospital Review


People living in the United States are three times
more likely to have diabetes than people living
in the United Kingdom
Source: OECD


Today, people living in Puerto Rico have a greater
life expectancy than people living in the United
States do


Americans are twice as obese as Canadians are

Source: OECD


Back in 1965, only one out of every 50 Americans
was on Medicaid. Today, one out of every 6
Americans is on Medicaid Source: Business Week


The U.S. government now says that the Medicare
trust fund will run out five years faster than they
were projecting just last year
Source: USA Today


It is being projected that the federal government
will account for more than 50 percent of all health
care spending in 2012

Source: TIME


Greece has twice as many hospital beds per person
as the United States does

Source: OECD


The state of California now ranks dead last out of
all 50 states in the number of emergency rooms per
million people

Source: LA Times


According to one survey, approximately 1 out of
every 4 Californians under the age of 65 has
absolutely no health insurance

Source: LA Times


According to a Price Waterhouse Cooper's report,
"inefficient claims processing" costs the U.S. health
care system 210 billion dollars every single year

Source: CNN Money


Today, approximately 40% of all U.S. doctors are age
55 or older
Source: NY Pos


We were already going to be facing a shortage of
more than 150,000 doctors over the next 15 years
even before Obamacare was passed
Source: NY Post


4 out of every 9 American doctors said that they
"would consider leaving their practice or taking an
early retirement" if Congress passed Obamacare

Source: Investors.com


Approximately one-third of all practicing physicians
in the United States indicated that they may leave the
medical profession because of the new health care
law
Source: CNSNews


40 percent of all U.S. doctors plan to leave the
profession at some point over the next three years,
according to one study

Source: Investors.com


According to the executive director of Physician
Hospitals of America, Obamacare has already forced
the cancellation of at least 60 doctor-owned hospitals
Source: CNSNews


According to a report released in 2010, Americans
spend approximately twice as much as residents of
other developed countries do on health care

Source: Reuters


If the U.S. health care system was a country, it would
be the 6th largest economy in the entire world

Source: Kaiser EDU


According to numbers released by Deloitte Consulting,
a whopping 875,000 Americans were "medical tourists"
in 2010
Source: Reuters


M T
E O
D U World Medical Tourism market is estimated to be
around $60 billion currently; it is expected to grow to
I R $100 billion by 2010 (estimates vary)
Source

C I
A S
L M


Why go Abroad for Medical Care?

 Remarkable Cost savings.
 Inadequate medical facilities in home country.
 Increasing insurance costs.
 Comparable or better quality care.
 No waiting periods, thus quicker access to care.
 Specialty Treatment.


Why INDIA ?

 World-class Treatment and Facilities.

 Affordable Prices.

 No waiting time for treatment.

 JCI accredited Hospitals.

 World Renowned Doctors.


Top concerns for the Medical Treatment seekers …

 Identification of the suitable Hospital providing the required
treatment.
 Arranging & Confirming the appointments.
 Expedite the transfer of your Medical Information.
 Arranging the Travel & Logistics.
 Obtaining VISA.
 Reserving Lodging & other accommodation.
 Managing Post-Treatment procedures.


JCI Accredited Hospitals in India
 Ahalia Foundation Eye Hospital
 Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals, Kolkata
 Apollo Hospital, Chennai
 Apollo Hospital, Hyderabad
 Apollo Hospital, Hyderabad
 Apollo Hospitals, Bangalore
 Asian Heart Institute
 Fortis Escorts Heart Institute
 Fortis Hospital Mohali
 Fortis Hospital, Bangalore
 Fortis Hospital, Mulund
 Grewal Eye Institute
 Indraprastha Apollo Hospital
 Moolchand Hospital
 Narayana Hrudayalaya
 Satguru Partap Singh Apollo Hospital
 Shroff Eye Hospital
 Sri Ramachandra Medical Centre


This research is carried on by :-

Amit Kr. Bhagat
Co-Founder & Chief Marketing Officer
MEDICYATRA
Email – abhagat@medicyatra.com

Kritika Beri
Intern
MEDICYATRA
Studying MBA in communication management
Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communication
Pune.
Email – kritika.beri13@simc.edu


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