The Girth of A Nation

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/04/opinion/04krugman.html?hp

And here are some interesting tidbits from the New England Journal of Medicine's November 25, 2004 issue . . . thanks to my friend Dr. Fogarty:


Health care expenditures -- % of GDP: France 9.7 U.S.A. 14.6

Per capita health expenditures: France $2,736 U.S.A. $5,267

# of practicing physicians per 10,000 population: France 33 U.S.A. 30

Population satisfied with health system: France 65% U.S.A. 40%
(2002 indicators used)