According to Adrianna McIntyre at Vox.com, the following chart "is the most depressing graph in American health care." The Daily Kos clearly agrees. The chart is from the OECD's "Health at a Glance 2013" report. There appears to be a complete lack of critical statistical analysis at Vox and the Daily Kos. This graph contains one of -- if not the absolute worst -- regression in American health care. Look at the trendline (with its claimed R2=0.51, a measure of the quality of fit) and then look at the data. Does it look like there is a positive relationship between "life expectancy in years" and "health spending per capita (USD PPP)" at health spending rates greater than $2,200 per capita? No way. There is absolutely no benefit in terms of higher life expectancy by spending more than $2,200 per capita on health care. You can download the OECD's raw data behind their graph here. And when you do, and you plot it, it is clear...(Read Full Post)