Sentences with phrase «global healthcare spending»

Further, the out - of - pocket expenditure that citizens have to bear has witnessed an impressive 58 % decrease.Though these figures are still not up to the mark in comparison to the global healthcare spending practices; it is a good start nevertheless.

Smoking accounts for almost 6 per cent of global healthcare spending, and its economic impact equals 1.8 per cent of global GDP.

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The new findings, from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, the Harvard Global Health Institute, and the London School of Economics, suggest that common explanations as to why healthcare costs are so high — such as the notions that the U.S. has too many doctor visits, hospitalizations, procedures, and specialists, and spends too little on social services that could mitigate healthcare needs — may be wrong.