A Brief about the Peterson-Kaiser Health System discusses U.S. health system performance over time across four domains: health spending, quality of care, access and affordability, and health and wellbeing. The U.S. is compared to a group of other large and wealthy countries. Differences and disparities across demographic groups are highlighted.
The Brief can be obtained at http://www.healthsystemtracker.org/brief/u-s-health-system-performing-better-though-still-lagging-behind-countries/?post_types=brief.