Introducing the

SCALE Global Executive Dashboard

We invite you to experience our Executive Dashboard, designed to empower healthcare professionals, executives, and stakeholders with unparalleled insights into the dynamic world of healthcare information.

In an era where data drives innovation, decision making, and excellence, our macro level dashboard stands as a hub of knowledge, illuminating the larger trends in healthcare that in turn will help shape your path towards informed decisions, optimized patient care, and transformative outcomes.

We have even denoted a golden star on statistics that show United States improvement in healthcare expenditures and various trends.

Featured Data

Inpatient and outpatient care represents a greater share of health spending in the U.S. compared to peer countries

Distribution of health spending, by spending category, 2021

United States (Total: $12,197 per capita)
Comparable Country Average (Total: $6,514 per capita)
Note: Values are normalized to 100%. Comparable countries include Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Australia and Japan are excluded due to lack of 2021 data.

Source: OECD Health Statistics.

Some health prices increased faster than others in the past year

Annual percent change in Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for medical care, by category,
June 2023 - June 2024

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) & Consumer Price Index (CPI)

Doctors Per Capita

Total Active Physicians have increased by ~35% from 2013 to 2022 and per capita physicians are up ~20%

Total Active Physicians and Physicians per 10,000 Population in the US (2013-2022)

Source: CDC.gov

Life Expectancy vs Income

Life Expectancy Gap for the united states Narrows at the Top 1% compared to England while it Remains Stark for Lower Incomes, 2019

Life Expectancy at different points along each country's income distribution (2019)

Income Distribution

Sources: FT analysis of US Small-area Life Expectancy Estimates Project, Rashid et al. (2019), American Community Survey and ONS small area income estimates.

Healthcare Employment Trends

The health sector's employment growth has significantly outpaced non-health sector employment growth over the last 50 years.

Cumulative % change in health sector and non-health sector employment, January 1990 - February 2024

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Healthcare Employment Trends

U.S Population Growth and Life Expectancy in Relation to Reduction of Total Hospitals (1970-2020)

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Percent Of U.S. Physician Practices Owned By Corporate Entities In 2019-2023

National Trends: Percent of Corporate-Owned Physician Practices Doubled in Five Years

Source: Physicians Advocacy Institute, 2022

Percent Of U.S. Physician Employed By Corporate Entities In 2019-2020

National Trends: Consistent Increase in Corporate Physician Employment since 2019

Source: Physicians Advocacy Institute, 2022

US Health Expenditures As Percent Of GDP, 1960–2022*

US Health Expenditures As Percent Of GDP Has Remained Steady For The Last Decade*

*Excluding COVID 2020

Source: National Health Expenditure Data, CMS

How does five-year breast cancer survival in the US compare to other countries?

Breast Cancer Survival Rates in the United States are the highest compared to the rest of the world.

Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Health Care Quality Indicators, Cancer Care

Uninsured Rate

Percent of Uninsured individuals has decreased over the last 5 years

Source: National Center for Health Statistics National Health Interview Survey.

Healthcare Spending

Average Medicare Advantage premiums fell by approximately 40 percent between 2010 and 2020

Source: CMS Plan and Premium Information for Medicare Plans Offering Part D Coverage, 2010–2020.

Acute myocardial infarction mortality rates per 100 000 among adults <65 years of age.

Myocardial Infraction Mortality Rates Have decreased dramatically over the last 10 years

Source: www.ahajournals.org

Explore Our Dashboard Categories

International Comparisons

Explore how the United States compares to the rest of the world in various different healthcare categories.

Medicare Data Hub

Explore a comprehensive repository for various types of Medicare information and other relevant statistics.

Value Based Care

Discover the profound influence of value-based care on US health systems and stay updated on its latest trends.

National Health Expenditures

Diving into a closer look at National health spending in relation to the different types of payors within the healthcare space.

Appropriate Treatment

Explore real world clinical data and insights into disease pattern, treatment effectiveness, and broader healthcare outcomes.

Specialties

Discover efficiency and precision in clinical specialties with our data dashboard. Stay ahead with our intuitive dashboard designed for clinical specialists.

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