Despite spending a lot of money on healthcare, the United States continues to lag behind other nations when it comes to gains in life expectancy, according to a Commonwealth Fund-supported study published today as a Health Affairs Web First.
The study looked at health spending, behavioral risk factors like obesity and smoking and 15-year survival rates for men and women ages 45 and 65 in the United States and 12 other countries (Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom).
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