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Southeast Asia shouldn’t copy the U.S. healthcare model, says Walgreens Boots Alliance’s APAC head: ‘It saves your life, but it’s not very healthy’
The U.S. is the world’s largest healthcare spender , pouring roughly 17% of its GDP—or $5.6 trillion—into treatments and care.
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The United States spends about 17% of its GDP—roughly $5.6 trillion—on healthcare, making it the world’s largest healthcare spender. Walgreens Boots Alliance’s APAC president, Li Zhong, notes that Americans live long lives but experience a shorter healthspan compared to Vietnamese people. Vietnam allocates only 4.6% of its GDP to health spending yet its citizens enjoy a longer period of good health. Li Zhong argues that Southeast Asian countries should not simply copy the U.S. model, suggesting that high spending does not automatically translate into better health outcomes.
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