Bhakti Wellness Center July 2013 Newsletter – Tidbits

1. Three fourths of health care workers use complementary and alternative medicine, compared with 63 percent of the general working population.
2. In a 2011 study in the journal Health Services Research, Doctors and nurses had more than twice the odds of having used a practitioner-based CAM method during the prior year and nearly three times the use of self- treatment with CAM than support workers.
3. The average American between the ages of 19 and 64 now takes close to 12 prescription drugs every year.
4. Health care expenditures in the United States are the highest of any developed country, at 15.3% of GDP.  The country with the next highest spending is Switzerland, at 11.6% of GDP.
5. 75% percent of total health care spending in the United States in 2007 went towards the treatment of chronic diseases, such as diabetes and asthma.
6. Approximately half of all chronic diseases are linked to preventable problems including smoking, obesity, and physical inactivity.
7. Approximately 50 percent of personal bankruptcies are due to medical expenses.