GOOD Transparency on World Health

GOOD magazine has a great new infographic (“Transparency”) online visualizing various statistics about Health in various nations.

Every country in the world approaches health care differently, but the end goal is the same: Keep citizens as healthy as possible at the lowest cost . . . This is a look at 12 countries around the world that examines how far the money they spend on health care goes toward affecting the health of their citizens.

It’s a great graphic showing life expancy, various mortality numbers (per 100k population), and cost per capita on healthcare.  It’s a great way of understanding why President Obama is looking to Canada and Australia for ideas on US Health Care Reform.  However, much data is still missing, particularly on how much money is spent on cutting-edge, experimental, or research treatments.

GOOD.is | World Health (Raw Image). via Simple Complexity

About the Author: Randall Hand

Randall Hand is a visualization scientist working for a federal research lab, aiding researchers to discover the insights buried within their terabyte datasets generated on some of the most powerful supercomputers in the world. He also runs VizWorld.com .

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