SJSU Research Guides: PH 162 / 262: Health Services Organizations and Healthcare Administration: Find National Healthcare Systems

Compare Country Statistics with Europa World Database

Easily compare statistics between countries of the world (not just Europe) on health, education, population, finance and more.

Find detailed statistics about individual countries.

Healthcare Systems by Country

Dig into these reliable sources for country health data and topics.

How the Performance of the U.S. Health Care System Compares Internationally
2014 UPDATE- The COMMONWEALTH FUND MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL.
How the Performance of the U.S. Health Care System Compares Internationally
The US Health System in Perspective: A Comparison of 12 Industrialized Nations
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) tracks and reports on more than 1,200 health system measures across 34 industrialized countries.
Commonwealth Fund. International Policy Health Center
* Australia
* Canada
* France
* Germany
* New Zealand
* The Netherlands
* United Kingdom
Multinational Comparisons of Health Systems Data, 2020
Click on CHARTBOOK. Compares health care systems and performance on spending, hospitals, physicians, pharmaceuticals, prevention, mortality, quality of care, and prices for Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. From the Commonwealth Fund.
Explaining High Health Care Spending in the United States: An International Comparison of Supply, Utilization, Prices, and Quality
Compares Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany,
Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. From the Commonwealth Fund.
European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
European country-based reports that provide a detailed description of each health care system and of reform and policy initiatives in progress or under development.
Kaiser Family Foundation. International Healthcare Systems."
Good descriptions of:
United Kingdom
Canada
France
Singapore
Japan
Germany
Switzerland
Spain
Doctors Without Borders / Medicins Sans Frontieres
Use the Country Search to find out about health issues and MSF work.

Health At a Glance

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Health Care Quality Indicators project, initiated in 2002, aims to measure and compare the quality of health service provision in the different countries.

Health at a Glance provides a comprehensive set of indicators on population health and health system performance across OECD members and key emerging economies. These cover health status, risk factors for health, access to and quality of health care, and health resources.

Health at a Glance 2021
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U.S. Healthcare System

Health United States This link opens in a new window
Start with the link to the Complete Report and click on Summary List of Trend Tables.

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is the United States government's principal agency concerned with the health of Americans.
AHA. Fast Facts on US Hospitals
Annual data from the American Hospital Association. For more detailed info on individual facilities, see Hospital Statistics. King Reference 2nd Floor RA981.A2 A6234.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational statistics for US healthcare.
European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies: United States of America
23 DECEMBER 2020
United States: health system review 2020
Health Systems in Transition, Vol. 22 No. 4
U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality
AHRQ compiles and reports data on quality of healthcare, priority populations, healthcare cost, and patient safety.

Healthcare Data by Country: Disease and Health Indicators

World Health Organization: By Country
The Global Health Observatory brings together the main health data and statistics for each country.
World Health Report
Each year this report includes an expert assessment of global health, including statistics relating to all countries.
European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies: Country Search
World Health Report 2000. Statistical Tables
This report, although published in 2000, is still seen as baseline data for many countries. Update your knowledge of specific topics by searching for current articles in PubMed.
Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development: Country Data
OECD work on health data covers a wide range of policy relevant topics, from population health status and non-medical determinants of health to health care resources and their utilisation.
PanAmerican Health Organization
Country information, health topics, and data & statistics for countries of the Americas.
World Data Bank
World Data Bank provides a health data report generator for developing countries under the auspices of the World Bank.
UNICEF Data by Country for Child Health
Economic and social statistics on the countries and territories of the world, with particular reference to children’s well-being, are published annually here.