U.S. Health System Performance:

The Commonwealth Fund

• National Scorecard on Health System Performance 2008 (Evaluates Healthy Lives, Quality Access, Efficiency, and Equity)    Full Report  

• State Healthcare Scorecard in the United States 2009  Web Page
                Executive Summary   Full Report

Department of Health and Human Services

• Trends in the Health of Americans - View 2009 Chartbook

• The High Infant Mortality Rate in the US is due to a Very High Percentage of Preterm Births.  View Report

Organisation of Economic Co-Operation and Development 

OECD Healthcare at a Glance - View Report

OECD Factbook  - View Report

• Life Expectancy at Birth (US is below average for OECD Nations)
       (Quality of Life Chapter) 

•  Infant Mortality (US is above average for OECD Nations) 
       (Quality of Life Chapter)  

Factbook 2009 Economic, Environmental and Social Statistics View Report

• US Healthcare Expenditures (US spends the most as a percentage of GDP) (Public Finance Chapter)   

The US has a high maternal mortality rate compared to other industrialized nations.  The Lancet - Oct 13, 2007

The US has less hospital beds, nurses, doctors and CT scanners per capita than the average OECD nation.   Read Report 
   

Other Health Care Resources:

•  Kaiser Foundation 2009 Report - Employer Health Benefits. View Report
        
•   Check to see if your medical doctor is board certified by the
   American Board of Medical Specialists .
  
•    CDC Disability in the United States - Web Page