Exam 31: The Commonwealth Fund, Why Not the Best Results From the National Scorecard on Us Health System Performance, 2008

Nearly 40 percent of U.S. adults went without needed health care in 2007, compared to only 5 percent of adults in the Netherlands.

While the number of U.S. adults without insurance has grown, the number of underinsured has fallen.

The high out-of-pocket costs incurred by nearly one in four adults in 2005 is due primarily to:

In the U.S., rates of preventable death from conditions such as bacterial infections, screenable cancers, diabetes, heart disease, and stroke are now 59 percent higher than in the top-performing countries.

The absence of universal health coverage in the U.S has which of the following consequences?

Infant mortality in the U.S. decreased from 2002 to 2004 because rates in all 50 states declined.

From 1999 to 2006, the number of states where approximately one-fourth or more of the working-age adult population is uninsured_____ , while the number of states with less than one-seventh uninsured_____ .

Which of the following countries fail to ensure universal coverage of their populations?

Describe the consequences of reduced access to care for overall health system performance.

On several indicators of healthy lives preventable deaths, infant mortality, disability, and healthy life expectancy) average performance in the U.S. improved from 2006 to 2008, but still lagged behind other leading countries.

On which of the following measures of patient-centered and timely care did the U.S. achieve benchmark scores?

Compare and contrast scores received by America's health care system with its counterparts in other developed countries. In your opinion, do we get much value for our money? Use evidence from the article to support your argument.