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United States

Road injury · Injury / external

High-tech acute care; prior auth; huge price variation by payer. Injury / external pathway via Medicare/Medicaid + commercial.

Rank in this country#18
Share of deaths1.6%
Master rank#23
System quality rank#20

Access & coverage

Medicare/Medicaid + commercial

Fragmented: employer, Medicare, Medicaid, ACA, uninsured residual

Treatment

  • Trauma systems and emergency response
  • Rehab after injury; mental-health crisis care
  • Overdose reversal (naloxone) + addiction treatment pathways

Prevention

  • Road safety laws, product safety, firearm / means restriction where used
  • Fall-proofing homes; workplace safety inspectors
  • Suicide means restriction + crisis lines

Lifestyle

  • Seatbelts / helmets; sober driving
  • Safe storage of medications and weapons
  • Substance-use risk reduction

What stands out here

Same broad injury / external toolkit as peers — differences are coverage rules, wait times, prices, and follow-through.

vs master: +0.4 percentage points vs Top 20 average share.