Infographic: Healthcare spending and life expectancy January 6, 2010

The blog of National Geographic published a very informative graph on which we can compare health care spending per person in US dollars (on the left) to average life expectancy at birth (on the right). The lines represent the number of average doctor visits. US spends far the most on healthcare, but life expectancy is only in the middle category. On the other hand, Japan spends an average on healthcare, has the biggest number of doctor visits but life expectancy is also the best. Hungary spends almost the less and life expectancy is the worst. Different countries, totally different healthcare scenarios. Click for the original, larger image.