France In Comparison To the United StatesIn comparison to the United States,
France spends about $4,000 per person on health care whilst
US spends about $7,500 per person. With that money,
France has 3.4 physicians and 7.7 nurses for every 1,000 people whilst
US has 2.4 physicians and 10.6 nurses for every 1,000 people. This means France has more physicians per person than US whilst US has more nurses per person than France. With such good health care in both of the two countries,
France come up with a very low infant mortality rate of 4 infants per every 1,000 infants born whilst the United States has an infant mortality rate 6.7 infants for every 1,000 infants.
http://ngureco.hubpages.com/hub/Worlds-Best-Health-Care-Ranking-of-Health-Care-by-Countries-and-Healthy-Life-Expectancy-by-CountryFrance is ranked #1 with the US in 37th place... just after Costa Rica in overall health care (as it relates to life expectancy)...