Despite spending more on health care, the United States generally has worse health outcomes than other high-income nations, including higher rates of chronic conditions and infant mortality and lower life expectancy. High spending in the U.S. is largely the result of greater use of medical technology and higher health care prices, rather than more frequent doctor visits or hospital admissions. The Commonwealth Fund has produced an infographic displaying comparsions (for the year 2013) of the number of MRI exams, number of bypass surgery and the number of annual physician visits per person between the U.S and Canada, the Netherlands and a median of 34 high-income countries.
View infographic: http://www.commonwealthfund.org/interactives-and-data/infographics/2015/oct/high-us-healthcare-cost-driven-by-technology