CMWF - A Need to Transform the U.S. Health Care System

Improving Access, Quality, and Efficiency
Anne Gauthier and Michelle Serber
The Commonwealth Fund, October 2005

Despite spending more per capita on health care than any other country, the U.S. health system is fraught with waste and inefficiency, according to a new chartbook released by the Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System.

Overview

Chartbook PDF (386K) [download]
Chartbook PowerPoint (1647K) [download]

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Commentary: "A Tale of Two Health Systems"
James J. Mongan, M.D.,
The Commonwealth Fund, October 2005