1. A Three Year View of Overall Ranking
AUSTRALIA
CANADA
GERMANY
NEW
ZEALAND
UNITED
KINGDOM
STATES
OVERALL RANKING (2007 Edition)
3.5 5 2 1 6
OVERALL RANKING (2006 Edition) 4 3
OVERALL RANKING (2004 Edition)
n/a
Health Expenditures per Capita, 2004
$2,876*
$3,165
$3,005*
$2,083
$2,546
$6,102
* 2003 data
Source: Calculated by The Commonwealth Fund based on The Commonwealth Fund 2004 International Health Policy Survey, The Commonwealth Fund 2005 International Health Policy Survey of Sicker Adults, the 2006 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey of Primary Care Physicians; The Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System National Scorecard; K. Davis, C. Schoen, S.C. Schoenbaum, A.J. Audet, M.M. Doty, and K. Tenney, Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Looking at the Quality of American Health Care through the Patient's Lens (New York: The Commonwealth Fund, Jan. 2004); and K. Davis, C. Schoen, S. C. Schoenbaum, A. J. Audet, M. M. Doty, A. L. Holmgren, and J. L. Kriss, Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: An Update on the Quality of American Health Care Through the Patient's Lens (New York: The Commonwealth Fund, Apr. 2006).