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["Lynda" <lurine AT com-pair.net>]

Responsiveness.  Fairness of financial contribution.  Overall Level of 
Health.  Distribution of Health in the Populations.

To break it down more, the U.S. ranks as follows in sub-categories.  Just 
for fun, I've included France and Italy who rank 1 and 2 in overall health 
system performance:

On level of health = 72 (4, 3)
Overall health system performance = 37 (1, 2)
Health Level (DALE*) = 24 (3, 6)
Health Distribution = 32 (12, 14)
Responsiveness Level = 1 (16-17, 22-23)
Responsiveness Distribution = 3-38 (3-38, 3-38)
Fairness in financial contribution = 54-55 (26-29, 45-47)
Overall goal attainment =15 (6, 11)
Health expenditure per capita (international $) = 1 (4, 11)
Life expectancy = 70 (73.1, 72.7)
Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 births) =  6.26 (3.3, 5.51)
% total GDP = 15.2% (11.2%, 8.9%)

*Disability-Adjusted Life Expectancy

Lynda
"Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored."  Aldous Huxley

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leslie" <cayadopi AT yahoo.com>


My first thought is what are the criteria for determining the rankings?