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2015 International Profiles JANUARY 2016 JANUARY of Health Care Systems AUSTRALIA CANADA CHINA DENMARK ENGLAND FRANCE GERMANY INDIA ISRAEL ITALY JAPAN NETHERLANDS EDITED BY NEW ZEALAND NORWAY Elias Mossialos and Martin Wenzl SINGAPORE London School of Economics and Political Science SWEDEN Robin Osborn and Dana Sarnak SWITZERLAND The Commonwealth Fund UNITED STATES THE COMMONWEALTH FUND is a private foundation that promotes a high performance health care system providing better access, improved quality, and greater efficiency. The Fund’s work focuses particularly on society’s most vulnerable, including low-income people, the uninsured, minority Americans, young children, and elderly adults. The Fund carries out this mandate by supporting independent research on health care issues and making grants to improve health care practice and policy. An international program in health policy is designed to stimulate innovative policies and practices in the United States and other industrialized countries. 2015 International Profiles of Health Care Systems Australia, Canada, China, Denmark, England, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States EDITED BY Elias Mossialos and Martin Wenzl London School of Economics and Political Science Robin Osborn and Dana Sarnak The Commonwealth Fund JANUARY 2016 Abstract: This publication presents overviews of the health care systems of Australia, Canada, China, Denmark, England, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States. Each overview covers health insurance, public and private financing, health system organization and governance, health care quality and coordination, disparities, efficiency and integration, use of information technology and evidence-based practice, cost containment, and recent reforms and innovations.
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