Variation in Health Care Access and Quality Among US States and High-Income Countries With Universal Health Insurance Coverage.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Based on mortality estimates for 32 causes of death that are amenable to health care, the US health care system did not perform as well as other high-income countries, scoring 88.7 out of 100 on the 2016 age-standardized Healthcare Access and Quality (HAQ) index.

Objective

To compare US age-specific HAQ scores with those of high-income countries with universal health insurance coverage and compare scores among US states with varying insurance coverage.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study used 2016 Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factor study results for cause-specific mortality with adjustments for behavioral and environmental risks to estimate the age-specific HAQ indices. The US national age-specific HAQ scores were

SUBMITTER: Weaver MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9434824 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature