The U.S. spends $3,041 per capita on hospital costs. The next-highest spending nation, Norway, spends $2,382 annually, according to the OECD.

Hospital spending—one of the biggest drivers of the rising health care costs in the U.S.—could be cut considerably lower by government regulation of prices than by competition or by more price transparency, a new RAND study said.

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