Coronavirus: Hong Kong, Singapore lead health efficiency index as Asia beats US amid pandemic


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Asian territories improve their standing on the Bloomberg Health-Efficiency Index as their aggressive virus responses kept cases and deaths relatively low Brazil and Russia joined the US in the bottom tier, reflecting relatively low life expectancies along with high Covid-19 mortality Asian territories improve their standing on the Bloomberg Health-Efficiency Index as their aggressive virus responses kept cases and deaths relatively low. As a pandemic ravaged the world, Asian economies led by Hong Kong and Singapore topped a ranking of most-efficient health care systems. The Bloomberg Health-Efficiency Index, first conducted in 2013, tracks life expectancy and medical spending to determine...