Mixed “Bev-Marck” Model Nations Include:
“In the Mixed model, private funding from voluntary insurance schemes or upfront payments is significant. This model is also referred as the Private Health Insurance System. European countries that have adopted this system are Austria, Bulgaria, Greece and Croatia [5, 6].”
Gaeta, M et al. “An overview of different health indicators used in the European Health Systems.” Journal of preventive medicine and hygiene vol. 58,2 (2017): E114-E120. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5584080/
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- Massive Savings Possible In US Health SystemOctober 21, 2021The management consulting firm McKinsey & Company has issued a new report estimating that administrative changes and efficiencies could save the US health system more than a quarter trillion dollars. As noted in a Viewpoint article published in JAMA on October 20:“The analysis dissected profit and loss statements of individual health care organizations, estimated ...
- Health Care in the US Compared to Other High-Income CountriesOn August 4, the Commonwealth Fund issued a new report entitled Mirror, Mirror 2021: Reflecting Poorly / Health Care in the US Compared to Other High-Income Countries.The report compares health care systems in eleven nations: the United States, Canada, Switzerland, France, Sweden, New Zealand, Germany, the United Kingdom, Australia, the Netherlands, and Norway.The report’s key ...
- Medical Debt in Collections in the USOn July 20, JAMA published an article on medical debt in collections in the US entitled “Medical Debt in the US, 2009-2020.”The researchers found: “In this retrospective analysis of credit reports for a nationally representative 10% panel of individuals, an estimated 17.8% of individuals in the US had medical debt in collections in June 2020 ...
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