The U.S. ranks 44th in health care efficiency

According to Bloomberg.com, the United States has the forty-fourth most efficient health care system out of fifty-one countries ranked in that category. (Efficiency includes life expectancy and health care costs per capita.) The top ten countries in health care efficiency are:

1. Singapore
2. Hong Kong
3. Italy
4. Japan
5. South Korea
6. Australia
7. Israel
8. France
9. United Arab Emirates
10. United Kingdom

Data from Bloomberg.com
http://www.bloomberg.com/infographics/2014-09-15/most-efficient-health-care-around-the-world.html