Health Care by the Numbers

by Adele Allison, National Director of Government Affairs, Success EHS


If 21% of Americans live in rural locales, but only 10% of physicians practice there; and if only 43% of practicing physicians now practice primary care medicine; and if the average specialist earns $135,000 MORE each year than the average Primary Care Physician, where does that leave us?

Now consider this: If the % U.S. GDP spent on healthcare increased from 5.8% to 17.6% in the past 45 years; and if 75 cents of every American healthcare dollar is related to chronic disease; and if 49.9% of Americans now have no health insurance, where can we be headed?

Sometimes the raw numbers say it better than words. Explore healthcare by the numbers in six categories and draw your own conclusions:

• Primary Care Providers
• Community Health Centers
• Healthcare and the U.S. Economy
• The American Patient
• Eligible Professionals and Meaningful Use
• Patient-Centered Medical Home

Healthcare by the Numbers -- read the full report, presented in clear, colorful infographics, here.