International Health Policy Survey, 2015

The Commonwealth Fund’s 2015 International Health Policy Survey, the 18th in an annual series, will assess health care system performance from the perspectives of primary care physicians. Conducted in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States, the survey will explore physician approaches to managing high-need, high-cost patients with chronic illness, participation in integrated care systems, use of electronic health records that can share information electronically, financial incentives and payment arrangements, and administrative burden and insurance complexity. Using results from the Fund’s 2012 international survey as a baseline, the 2015 survey will compare changes in U.S. physicians’ experiences and practice arrangements to assess the Affordable Care Act’s impact to date. The findings will be presented at the 2015 International Symposium and submitted to Health Affairs. Cofunding is expected from foundation and government partners within the survey countries.