1. Country wealth, government health expenditures and infectious disease in 150 countries.
Country wealth, government health expenditures and infectious disease in 150 countries. The size of each bubble represents the magnitude of the infectious disease burden in countries around the world, in disability-adjusted life years per capita. While high-income countries like the USA and UK spend over US$3500 per capita per year on healthcare, the magnitude of infectious disease is minuscule. Comparatively, low-income countries like Haiti spend <US$100 per capita per year on healthcare and have a much larger burden of infectious disease. Note that the log-distributions of GNI per capita and government health expenditures per capita are presented above.
Ryan K McBain et al. BMJ Glob Health 2016;1:e000134
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