claim: the u.s. ranks 37th in the world for health care.
author: paul hipp
evidence_1: jan 14, 2010 ... evidence that other countries perform better than the united states in ensuring  the health of their populations is a sure prod to the reformist impulse. the world  health report 2000, health systems: improving performance, ranked the u.s.  health care system 37th in the world1 — a result that has been ...
evidence_2: jun 17, 2014 ... the u.s. health care system has been subject to heated debate over the past  decade, but one thing that has remained consistent is the level of performance,  which has been ranked as the worst among industrialized nations for the fifth time , according to the 2014 commonwealth fund survey 2014. the u.k. ...
evidence_3: oct 21, 2009 ... the wall street journal's "numbers guy," carl bialik, takes a deeper look at a  well-worn statistic: that the u.s. ranks 37th in the world in health system  performance. his conclusion: wsj's bialik, oct. 21: among all the numbers  bandied about in the health-care debate, this ranking stands out as particularly ...
evidence_4: the findings are published today, 21 june, in the world health report 2000 –  health systems: improving performance*. *copies of the report can be ordered  from bookorders@who.ch. the u.s. health system spends a higher portion of its  gross domestic product than any other country but ranks 37 out of 191 countries ...
evidence_5: some people fancy all health care debates to be a case of canadian health care  vs. american. not so. according to the world health organization's ranking of the.  ... consider the cost per citizen right now in the u.s. is $9400/person, and we're  ranked 37th. the top five countries cost around half that. the medicare world ...