[EQ] Achieving a High-Performance Health Care System with Universal Access

 

Achieving a High-Performance Health Care System with Universal Access:
 What the United States Can Learn from Other Countries

 

American College of Physicians

Annals of Internal Medicine - Ann Intern Med. 2008;148:55-75 - 1 January 2008 Volume 148 Issue 1

 

Available online at:  http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/148/1/55?ck=nck

 

“……This position paper concerns improving health care in the United States. Unlike previous highly focused policy papers by the American

College of Physicians, this article takes a comprehensive approach to improving access, quality, and efficiency of care

 

The first part describes health care in the United States. The second compares it with health care in other countries. The concluding section

proposes lessons that the United States can learn from these countries and recommendations for achieving a high-performance health

care system in the United States.

 

The articles are based on a position paper developed by the American College of Physicians’ Health and Public Policy Committee.
This policy paper (not included in this article) also provides a detailed analysis of health care systems in 12 other industrialized countries.

Although we can learn much from other health systems, the College recognizes that our political and social culture, demographics,

and form of government will shape any solution for the United States. This caution notwithstanding, we have identified several

approaches that have worked well for countries like ours and could probably be adapted to the unique circumstances in the United

States…..”

 

 

This paper, written by Jack A. Ginsburg, Robert B. Doherty, J. Fred Ralston Jr., MD, and Naomi Senkeeto, was developed for the Health and Public Policy Committee of the American

College of Physicians (ACP): J. Fred Ralston Jr., MD (Chair); Molly Cooke, MD (Vice Chair); Charles Cutler, MD; David A. Fleming, MD; Brian P. Freeman, MD; Robert A.

Gluckman, MD; Mark Liebow, MD; Robert M. McLean, MD; Kenneth A. Musana, MBChB; Patrick M. Nichols; Mark W. Purtle, MD; P. Preston Reynolds, MD; and Kathleen M.

Weaver, MD; with contributions from David C. Dale, MD (ACP President, ex officio); Joel S. Levine, MD (Chair, ACP Board of Regents); and Joseph W. Stubbs, MD (Chair, ACP

                Medical Service Committee). It was approved by the ACP Board of Regents on 27 October 2007.

 

 

Learning from the Health Care Systems of Other Countries

Harold C. Sox: http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/148/1/78
Editor, Annals of Internal Medicine

“…..This issue includes a policy paper from the American College of Physicians on effective health care systems in other countries and what the United States might learn from them. During 2008, Annals will publish a series of articles and commentaries that further discuss the health care systems of some exemplar countries. These successful national health care systems share one essential characteristic: The government guarantees that every citizen will have health insurance….”

 

 

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