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U.S. ranks near bottom among industrialized nations in efficiency of health care spending

UCLA, McGill study also shows women fare worse than men in most countries

A new study by researchers at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and McGill University in Montreal reveals that the United States health care system ranks 22nd out of 27 high-income nations when analyzed for its efficiency of turning dollars spent into extending lives.

The study, which appears online Dec. 12 in the “First Look” section of the American Journal of Public Health, illuminates stark differences in countries’ efficiency of spending on health care, and the U.S.’s inferior ranking reflects a high price paid and a low return on investment. (more…)

Immigration among Latin American Countries Fails to Improve Income

By Guest PostFebruary 23, 2013Politicsdeveloping nations, donald bogue, economic opportunities, foreign born, foreign immigrants, immigration, improve income, industrialized nations, ipums international, lack of data, latin american countries, Mexico, migration context, popular, populations, strata of migrants, theories of immigration, theory on immigration, typical immigrant, united states, university of minnesota, us immigrants

New study challenges theory of upward mobility in developing nations

Although immigration to the United States from Latin American countries, particularly Mexico, has captured much public attention, immigrants who move between countries in Latin America have more difficulty than those moving to the United States.

Donald Bogue, professor emeritus in sociology and a distinguished scholar of demography, has found that unlike immigrants to the United States, immigrants between nations in Latin America frequently do not improve their lives by moving. (more…)

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U.S. ranks near bottom among industrialized nations in efficiency of health care spending

Immigration among Latin American Countries Fails to Improve Income