Healthcare System Overview in Switzerland

Abstract

This research paper provides an overview of the healthcare system in the US. Later it conducts an analysis of the healthcare system of Switzerland. The analysis entails the discussion of the historical background of the healthcare System in Switzerland, characteristics of the consumers, providers, payers, and regulation policies of Switzerland and compares these characteristics to those of the U.S. health care system, the role of Switzerland in the U.S. health care system. Furthermore, it discusses and provides an analysis of methods of financing health care in Switzerland in terms of The current methods of acquiring money for health care services, research, and training, The current public and private sources of funds for health care financing, Whether the health care financing in that country is mainly market maximized or is mainly market minimized, The various structures of health care capital project financing.

Table of Contents

Abstract2

Introduction4

Discussion6

Historical Background of the Healthcare System in Switzerland6

Comparison of Health Care Delivery in United States and Switzerland7

Role of switzerland in the U.S Health care system10

Role of U.S in the Switzerlands Health care system14

Executive Summary15

Executive Current Public and Private Sources Of Funds For Health Care Financing……….….15

Market Maximization17

Health Care Capital Project Financing17

Optimal Soultion for Financial constraints18

Access of Medicines in Switzerland19

Conclusions19

References22

Healthcare System Overview in Switzerland

Introduction

Switzerland, one of the most beautiful places on earth has an exceptionally well developed system of healthcare. This healthcare system experienced a massive growth later than the Second World War. The in-patient healthcare was developed by the cantons and progressed in a fundamentally uncoordinated manner. Since an extended period of time there has been surplus capacity in a range of healthcare service provision areas; although it was not till the beginning of 1990s that a considerable effort was made to restrict the ability and organize healthcare all over the country (Wallace, 2008). By the beginning of 1970s, there were deficiencies of certain health experts particularly hospital based doctors and dentists. Healthcare in few rural regions was also insufficient. However, these deficiencies have been eradicated, and at present the number of doctors is measured to be excessively high. On the contrary, many observers have noted that the United States does not really have a healthcare system but instead has a multiplicity of systems. While in most countries healthcare spending is financed by taxes, in the United States the government plays a relatively minor role: among the 30 Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries, only in Mexico is a smaller proportion of the national healthcare budget provided by public expenditures. U.S. government spending on healthcare goes mainly to support care for the elderly (through the federal Medicare program) and the poor (through Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program, funded with a combination of state and federal revenues). Most Americans have health insurance through a private policy offered as a benefit of the employment of a family member; although they may have to pay something for this coverage, it is generally considered preferable to insurance purchased as an individual. An employer-based policy is ...