National Health Systems

On this page you’ll find links to overviews of the national health systems for several nations. These include Beveridge-model systems (Sweden, UK); Bismarck-model systems (Germany, Japan); hybrid “Bev-Marck” systems (Austria, Costa Rica); and national health insurance model systems (Canada, South Korea).

These overviews include sections on that nation’s population health coverage, health system expenditures, financing, costs to consumers, outcomes, and much more.

Overview of national health system of Austria with chapters on COVID-19, demographics, population coverage, expenditures, financing, costs, outcomes, etc.
Austria
Overview of Canada health policy including sections on population health coverage, expenditures, financing, costs to consumers, outcomes, and much more.
Canada
Overview of national health system of Costa Rica including sections on population health coverage, health system expenditures, financing, costs to consumers, outcomes, and much more.
Costa Rica
Overview of national health system of Germany including sections on demographics, COVID-19, population health coverage, expenditures and financing, costs, outcomes, and more.
Germany
Overview of Japan's health system including sections on demographics, COVID-19, population health coverage, health system expenditures and financing, costs, international rankings, outcomes, and more.
Japan
Overview of national health system of South Korea including sections on coverage, expenditures and financing, costs, outcomes, rankings, etc.
South Korea
Overview of Sweden's national healthcare system with chapters on COVID-19 strategy, health coverage, system expenditures and financing, costs to consumers, rankings, outcomes, etc.
Sweden
Overview of national health system of the United Kingdom including chapters on population health coverage, expenditures and financing, costs to consumers, rankings, medical training, outcomes, and much more.
United Kingdom

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 several other nations.

Page last updated September 1, 2020 by Doug McVay, Senior Policy Analyst.