Journal d'informatique et de gestion de la santé

U.S. Healthcare System in Crisis

Naresh Khatri

The U.S. health care system is in crisis. It is both inefficient and wasteful, and seems unsustainable [1,2]. The Institute of Medicine Report (2012) estimates that about $750 billion, or 30 cents of every medical dollar, is squandered in unnecessary health spending annually [1]. According to the report, the waste and inefficiencies consist of unnecessary services ($210 billion), inefficiently delivered service ($130 billion), excessive administrative costs ($190 billion), and overpriced services ($105 billion).