*Health Administration: International Healthcare Systems

2011 report

Compares cost of health care between the U.S., France, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, Netherlands, and Switzerland.
July 2, 2008

Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF)
December 31, 2008
This issue brief looks at how the health care systems in France, Germany, and Switzerland limit the cost-sharing requirements imposed on citizens using care.

OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development)
Concise and policy-relevant overview of health and health systems in the EU/European Economic area, emphasizing the particular characteristics and challenges in each country

The Observatory's mission is to provide rigorous comparative analysis of European health systems and trends; production of timely and reliable evidence in response to ‘real’ policy needs; and communication of evidence in ways that are useful to policy-makers.

Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

Report from The Commonwealth Fund.
December 15, 2009
Using analysis from experts, as well as visits to both countries to study the systems, this report examines the system oversight and governance mechanisms in both Germany and the Netherlands to bring insights to the U.S. health reform debate.

Country-specific health care expenditure data provided by the World Health Organization (WHO)
Access reports, technical work, resolutions and decision, and more.
To access the Global Health Expenditure Database, use the links on the right side of the page.

World Health Systems Facts is a project of the Real Reporting Foundation. We provide reliable statistics and other data from authoritative sources regarding health systems in the US and sixteen other nations.

Report from The Commonwealth Fund.
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.

Report from The Commonwealth Fund.
August 4, 2021
Health Care in the U.S. Compared to Other High-Income Countries.

The OECD Health Database offers the most comprehensive source of comparable statistics on health and health systems across OECD countries.
Current year report released in July.

PAHO provides technical cooperation to its member countries in the Americas and promotes cooperation between countries to advance their health goals.

In this episode of "Frontline," correspondent T. R. Reid examines the public systems of other advanced capitalist democracies—including Great Britain, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, and Taiwan—to see what ideas might help the U.S. reform its troubled approach to health care.
Available in the Films on Demand database