Here's a scatterplot of health spending per capita (x axis) and life expectancy (y axis) in OECD countries. The lines represent averages.
One country sits alone in the bottom right quadrant due to its much higher health spending and below-average life expectancy.
@conradhackett a bit of American exceptionalism
@oakster @conradhackett How much of the USA’s position is attributable to gun violence?
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@RockerDoc @oakster @conradhackett I was actually wondering about this as well, how much does an increase in avoidable mortality lower life expectancy? Did not see a clear answer in the paper but I am sure that it has been looked at before.
