xi, 234 pages : 22 cm

Have you ever imagined what a truly great health system could look like? Over the past six years, author Mark Britnell has worked in 60 countries? covering eight-tenths of the world's GDP? with hundreds of government, public and private healthcare organisations. With chapters on 25 different countries, including Brazil, China and the USA, his practical, succinct guide to the world's major health systems explores what lessons can be drawn from each to improve health worldwide

Includes bibliographical references and index

The Perfect Health System -- Country profiles Part 1: Asia and Australia. Japan -- Live long and prosper -- South Korea -- National pride and global ambition -- China -- Communist chimera? -- Hong Kong -- Demography, democracy and destiny -- Malaysia -- Reform some time, soon? -- Singapore -- Wealth and health -- Indonesia -- Largest single payer in the world -- Australia -- Advance Australia Fair -- India -- One country, two worlds -- Part 2: Middle East and Africa. Qatar -- Build and they will come -- Israel -- The best kept secret in global health? -- South Africa -- No more false dawns -- Part 3: Europe. Russia -- A distressed and distressing system -- The Nordics -- Decentralised welfare utopia? -- The Netherlands -- Competition and social solidarity -- Germany -- Doctor knows best -- Switzerland -- You get what you pay for -- Italy -- No longer 'la dolce vita' -- Portugal -- The price of austerity -- France -- Neither Beveridge nor Bismarck but the Republic -- England -- The NHS. In place of fear -- Part 4: The Americas. Canada -- At the crossroads -- The US -- Let's face the music and dance -- Mexico -- Unfinished business -- Brazil -- Order and progress? -- Part 5: Global Challenges -- Universal Healthcare -- Triumph of political will -- Same Problem, Different Country -- The paradox of change -- Clinical Quality -- The more I know, the less I sleep -- Value Walks -- There is no healthcare without the workforce -- Patients As Partners -- Renewable energy -- Climate Change and Sustainability -- Our dirty little secret -- Ageing -- Every cloud has a silver lining -- Part 6: Conclusion. Conclusion -- We wouldn't start from here

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