Americans face harsher healthcare cost barriers, compared to countries of similar wealth and population, based on research by the Peterson Center on Healthcare and Kaiser Family Foundation, according to ACA International.
The research is compiled in an analysis titled "Measuring the Quality of Healthcare in the U.S." Researchers used international surveys from the Commonwealth Fund.
Here are five observations:
1. The United States differentiates itself from other countries, as it creates many cost barriers for those trying to access healthcare.
2. Up from 2000, 9 percent of America adults cited cost-related healthcare barriers in 2013.
3. Thirty-seven percent of American consumers had cost-related healthcare issues in 2013, compared to 4 percent in the United Kingdom and 22 percent in the Netherlands.
4. Of those with poor health, 22 percent said they did not receive medical care in 2013 due to high costs.
5. In 2013, 31 percent of uninsured Americans did not receive medical care due to cost barriers.
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