Health Care Systems Around the World: A Comparative GuideThis concise reference provides a one-stop point of research that examines major aspects of health care systems for over 190 countries worldwide. In a consistent format, ten major health care categories are systematically examined for each country: 1. Emergency Health Services; 2. Costs of Hospitalization; 3. Costs of Drugs; 4. Major Health Issues; 5. Government Role in Health Care; 6. Insurance; 7. Access to Health Care; 8. Health Care Facilities; 9. Health Care Personnel (doctor level of training, etc.); and 10. Public Health Programs. The volume is organized in alphabetical order of country names. Each country is presented on a two- or three-page spread with the same descriptive and statistical content, allowing readers to compare health care systems from country to country. For example, a reader may compare costs of drugs in France versus the United States versus Canada. Each country spread will feature short entries on the ten health care categories accompanied by charts, table, and photos as appropriate. The work culminates as a unique and essential resource for pre-med and medical students, as well as researchers in sociology, economics, and the health management fields. |
Contents
Albania 6 Algeria 8 Andorra 10 Angola 12 Antigua and Barbuda 15 Argentina 18 Armenia 20 Australia 23 Austria 27 Azerbaijan 30 Bahamas 33 Ba... | 80 |
Cape Verde | 85 |
Central African Republic | 87 |
Chad | 90 |
Chile | 92 |
China | 96 |
Colombia | 101 |
Comoros | 103 |
Moldova | 302 |
Monaco | 304 |
Mongolia | 306 |
Montenegro | 309 |
Morocco | 310 |
Mozambique | 313 |
Myanmar | 316 |
Namibia | 319 |
Congo Democratic Republic of the | 106 |
Congo Republic of the | 108 |
Costa Rica | 110 |
Côte dIvoire | 113 |
Croatia | 116 |
Cuba | 119 |
Cyprus | 122 |
Czech Republic | 124 |
Denmark | 127 |
Djibouti | 130 |
Dominica | 132 |
Dominican Republic | 134 |
Ecuador | 137 |
Egypt | 139 |
El Salvador | 142 |
Equatorial Guinea | 145 |
Eritrea | 147 |
Estonia | 149 |
Ethiopia | 152 |
Fiji | 156 |
Finland | 158 |
France | 161 |
Gabon | 166 |
Gambia The | 168 |
Georgia | 171 |
Germany | 173 |
Ghana | 177 |
Greece | 181 |
Grenada | 184 |
Guatemala | 186 |
Guinea | 189 |
GuineaBissau | 191 |
Guyana | 194 |
Haiti | 196 |
Honduras | 200 |
Hungary | 203 |
Iceland | 205 |
India | 208 |
Indonesia | 212 |
Iran | 215 |
Iraq | 218 |
Ireland | 220 |
Israel | 223 |
Italy | 226 |
Jamaica | 230 |
Japan | 232 |
Jordan | 235 |
Kazakhstan | 238 |
Kenya | 241 |
Kiribati | 244 |
Kuwait | 246 |
Kyrgyzstan | 248 |
Laos | 251 |
Latvia | 253 |
Lebanon | 255 |
Lesotho | 258 |
Liberia | 261 |
Libya | 263 |
Liechtenstein | 266 |
Lithuania | 267 |
Luxembourg | 270 |
Macedonia | 272 |
Madagascar | 275 |
Malawi | 277 |
Malaysia | 280 |
Maldives | 283 |
Mali | 285 |
Malta | 288 |
Marshall Islands | 290 |
Mauritania | 292 |
Mauritius | 294 |
Mexico | 297 |
Micronesia | 300 |
Nauru | 321 |
Nepal | 323 |
Netherlands | 325 |
New Zealand | 329 |
Nicaragua | 332 |
Niger | 335 |
Nigeria | 337 |
North Korea | 340 |
Norway | 342 |
Oman | 346 |
Pakistan | 348 |
Palau | 352 |
Panama | 354 |
Papua New Guinea | 356 |
Paraguay | 359 |
Peru | 361 |
Philippines | 364 |
Poland | 368 |
Portugal | 370 |
Qatar | 374 |
Romania | 377 |
Russia | 379 |
Rwanda | 382 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 384 |
Saint Lucia | 386 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 388 |
Samoa | 390 |
San Marino | 392 |
São Tomé and Príncipe | 394 |
Saudi Arabia | 397 |
Senegal | 399 |
Serbia | 402 |
Seychelles | 404 |
Sierra Leone | 406 |
Singapore | 409 |
Slovakia | 411 |
Slovenia | 414 |
Solomon Islands | 417 |
Somalia | 419 |
South Africa | 421 |
Spain | 428 |
Sri Lanka | 431 |
Sudan | 433 |
Suriname | 436 |
Swaziland | 439 |
Sweden | 441 |
Switzerland | 445 |
Syria | 448 |
Taiwan | 451 |
Tajikistan | 453 |
Tanzania | 456 |
Thailand | 459 |
TimorLeste East Timor | 462 |
Togo | 464 |
Tonga | 467 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 468 |
Tunisia South Korea 425 | 471 |
Turkmenistan | 476 |
Tuvalu | 478 |
Uganda | 479 |
Ukraine | 483 |
United Arab Emirates | 485 |
United Kingdom | 487 |
United States | 492 |
Uruguay | 498 |
Uzbekistan | 500 |
Vanuatu | 502 |
Venezuela | 504 |
Vietnam | 506 |
Yemen | 509 |
Zambia | 512 |
Zimbabwe | 514 |
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