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You might expect that the more a country spends on its healthcare, the better it would be. But a new study says this might not be true. In fact, research from The Commonwealth Fund found that the US had the lowest performance of those studied, but spent the most money on healthcare.
The researchers compared the way that healthcare is provided in 11 high-income countries: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and the US. They compared each country's healthcare across five areas: access, process, efficiency, equality and outcomes.
The study found that Norway had the best healthcare performance in the group, followed by the Netherlands and Australia. The US came in last place, with Canada and Switzerland also in the bottom three.
However, in 2019, while Norway spent 10.5% of its gross domestic product on healthcare, the US spent 16.8% — more than any other country in the study. Yet the US was the lowest in all areas except process.
Four differences might explain why the US got the worst result for the most money. The top performing countries provided universal healthcare at a lower cost, spent more money making sure that all people could access important healthcare services, didn't spend as much time and money on management, and spent more money on social services.
However, the study also said that all countries can still improve and should try to learn from each other. For example, the US was better than many countries at getting people to have the flu vaccine.

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你可能會預期，一個國家花在醫療體系的錢越多，它的品質就越好。達達！大錯特錯。有份研究，將11個高收入國家中提供醫療的方式做比較。結果發現，挪威的醫療表現最好，美國則是墊底。然而，在2019年，挪威在醫療體系的支出佔其國內生產毛額的10.5%，美國卻高達16.8%，是該研究中的比例最高的國家。為什麼美國花最多的錢卻獲得最糟的成果呢？研究指出，排名頂尖的國家以較低的價格提供全民醫療，花更多的錢確保所有人都能夠獲得重要的醫療服務。沒有花費太多時間和金錢在管理，放更多支出在社會服務上。不過，在讓民眾取得流感疫苗這方面，美國則比許多國家來得更擅長。

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performance表現
access權限
efficiency效率

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Article: Engoo Daily News
(https://engoo.com.tw/app/daily-news/article/us-comes-last-in-study-of-11-rich-countries-healthcare/Nsk5SP88Eeu-eB_63OdYuA)
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