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The preeminent doctor and bioethicist Ezekiel Emanuel is repeatedly asked one question: Which country has the best healthcare? He set off to find an answer.


The US spends more than any other nation, nearly $4 trillion, on healthcare. Yet, for all that expense, the US is not ranked #1 — not even close.


In Which Country Has the World's Best Healthcare? Ezekiel Emanuel profiles eleven of the world's healthcare systems in pursuit of the best or at least where excellence can be found. Using a unique comparative structure, the book allows healthcare professionals, patients, and policymakers alike to know which systems perform well, and why, and which face endemic problems. From Taiwan to Germany, Australia to Switzerland, the most inventive healthcare providers tackle a global set of challenges — in pursuit of the best healthcare in the world.

ISBN-13: 9781541797734

Media Type: Hardcover

Publisher: PublicAffairs

Publication Date: 06-16-2020

Pages: 464

Product Dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.70(d)

Ezekiel J. Emanuel is the Vice Provost for Global Initiatives, the Diane v.S. Levy and Robert M. Levy University Professor, and Chair of the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress. Dr. Emanuel was the founding chair of the Department of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health and held that position until August of 2011. Until January 2011, he served as a Special Advisor on Health Policy to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and National Economic Council. He is a breast oncologist and author of several books, including Healthcare Guaranteed and Reinventing American Healthcare (both PublicAffairs).

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

1 United States 18

2 Canada 55

3 United Kingdom 83

4 Norway 115

5 France 143

6 Germany 169

7 Netherlands 197

8 Switzerland 229

9 Australia 261

10 Taiwan 300

11 China 324

12 Who's the Best? 351

13 Conclusion 385

Coda: Coronavirus and the Performance of Health Care Systems 406

Acknowledgments 412

Glossary of Acronyms 415

Recommended Reading 422

Index 432

About the Author 453