. 2020 Dec;110(12):1735–1740. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2020.305793

TABLE 1—

Per Capita Health Care Spending Decreases Needed to Achieve Parity With OECD Nations by 2030 or 2040

Parity Target Among OECD Member Countries	Target per Capita Spending Amount, US$	Annual Decline Necessary to Achieve Spending Parity, %	Annual Average Decline Necessary to Achieve Spending Parity, US$
2030^a
Median	5230	−7.0	−575
90th percentile	8068	−3.2	−317
2040^b
Median	5775	−3.3	−275
90th percentile	8816	−1.3	−131

Note. OECD = Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

^{^a}

Calculations performed with OECD health spending data and projections.

^{^b}

Calculations performed with Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation global expected health spending data and projections.