FIGURE 1—

Total Health Spending per Capita in Selected OECD Nations, 1970–2018

Note. OECD = Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The countries included are Canada (CAN), France (FRA), Switzerland (CHE), Great Britain (GBR), and the United States. All US spending totals are adjusted for inflation to 2018 US dollars. All international spending totals are purchasing power parity adjusted to 2018 US dollars. An alternative measure of health care spending is the percentage of a nation’s gross domestic product devoted to health care (see Figure C, available as a supplement to the online version of this article at http://www.ajph.org). When viewed graphically these 2 measures, although conceptually distinct, represent similar views of US health care spending in comparison with OECD nations over the time period assessed.