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Article: Among OECD Nations, U.S. Lags in Personal Health; Not feeling health benefits of high spending.(Survey)
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- Gallup Poll News Service
- Article date:
- March 31, 2009
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Byline: Christopher Khoury and Ian T. Brown
Synopsis: Despite spending the highest per capita on health, Americans' satisfaction with their personal health falls near the median among OECD countries. Among OECD members, Gallup finds no clear relationship between government health spending alone and health attitudes.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Among the residents of all 30 Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries Gallup surveyed between 2006 and 2008, Americans' satisfaction with their personal health falls near the group median despite having one of organization's highest GDPs per capita.
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