A challenge to all. A primer on inter-country differences of high-need, high-cost patients
Fig 3
Distribution of medical spending.
Notes: Authors’ analysis of administrative or survey data for each region. The Appendix provides a full description of country- or province-specific data sources (see S1 File). Abbreviated countries are Canada, England, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Spain and United States. Outpatient spending refers to primary care, outpatient specialist care and day curative care except in Germany, where outpatient surgeries and day care is included in the inpatient category. Rehabilitation refers to all rehabilitative care, both inpatient and outpatient (home health). Missing data; ENG, rehab, other; JPN, other; SP, rehab.