We're Number 37!(United States 37th place in health care, said World Health Organization)(Brief Article)

USA Today (Magazine) | October 1, 2000| | Copyright

FEELING ILL? If so, you might consider catching the next plane out of the country, because the World Health Organization says your health is best served by nations like Andorra, Cyprus, or even Colombia. Each outperforms the U.S. health care system on WHO's World Health Report 2000. its rankings of 191 health systems worldwide placed the U.S. 37th, trailing countries like Malta and Oman and barely edging out Cuba.

However, the WHO study is much like the annual magazine rankings of colleges: It grabs plenty of headlines, but rests on questionable analysis. A closer ...

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