International Profiles of Health Care Systems: Australia, Canada, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States
Authors:
David Squires, The Commonwealth Fund, and others.
Contact:
David Squires, Program Associate, International Program in Health Policy and Practice, The Commonwealth Fund, ds@cmwf.org
Overview
This publication presents overviews of the health care systems of 13 countries—Australia, Canada, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States. A summary table presents information on population, health care spending, number of physicians, hospital spending and utilization, use of health information technology, and number of potentially avoidable deaths. Each country summary provides information on insurance coverage and benefits, health system financing, delivery system organization, quality assurance mechanisms, efforts to improve efficiency and control costs, and recent innovations and reforms.
Citation
D. Squires, International Profiles of Health Care Systems, The Commonwealth Fund, June 2010.