US Has More GDP Per Person Leftover After Health Care Spending Than Most Countries

From John Goodman's Health Policy Blog, "More on the Latest Commonwealth Fund Study: The United States is the Third Lowest Spender on Health Care in Eleven Developed Countries" by John R. Graham:

However, it’s not clear that relatively high U.S. health spending is a burden on the nation. Table A, which uses data from the survey, shows that when we subtract U.S. health spending from our Gross Domestic Product (GDP), we still had $39, 560 per capita to spend on everything else we value. Only two countries, Norway and Switzerland, beat the U.S. on this measure. In the United Kingdom for example, GDP per capita after health spending was only $32,818 in 2011 (adjusted for the cost of living). So, even though American health care is significantly more expensive than British health care, the average American enjoyed $6,742 more GDP after health spending than his British peer.

Table A

Country	Health Spending/Capita (2011)	Share of GDP/Capita	GDP/Capita (2011)	GDP/Cap less Health Spending/Capita (2011)
Norway	$5,669	9%	$60,957	$55,288
Switzerland	$5,643	11%	$51,300	$45,657
United States	$8,508	18%	$48,068	$39,560
Australia	$3,800	9%	$42,697	$38,897
Netherlands	$5,099	12%	$42,849	$37,750
Sweden	$3,925	10%	$41,316	$37,391
Canada	$4,522	11%	$40,375	$35,853
Germany	$4,495	11%	$39,779	$35,284
United Kingdom	$3,405	9%	$36,223	$32,818
France	$4,118	12%	$35,500	$31,382
New Zealand	$3,182	10%	$30,893	$27,711

Source: Schoen, C., et al., “Access, Affordabiliy, and Insurance Complexity Are Often Worse in the United States Compared to Ten Other Countries”, Health Affairs (November 2013).