Americans Don’t Like Visiting The Doctor

from Felix Richter, Statista.com
by Niall McCarthy

The number of doctor visits people make every year fluctuates wildly depending on nationality.

On average, people in Japan pay their doctor a visit 13 times annually while Germans go to their doctor around 9.7 times each year. In the United States, people only visit the doctor four times a year.

The large gap between the US and other countries isn’t due to a fear of the doctor, it’s all down to cash. It’s a well known fact that healthcare is really expensive in the US and most people tend to avoid their doctor to save some extra money. American doctors earn a service fee for everything they provide – simple things including prescriptions and consultations all the way up to complex procedures like knee replacement surgery.

Everything related to healthcare is expensive in the US – Nexium is a good example. The average price of the heartburn medication in Spain is $58. In the US, it’s an incredibly expensive $215 for the same amount.

Annual average doctor visits per person in selected countries.

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