International profiles of health care systems

This publication presents overviews of the health care systems of Australia, Canada, China, Denmark, England, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, and the United States. Each overview covers health insurance, public and private financing, health system organization and governance, health care quality and coordination, disparities, efficiency and integration, use of information technology and evidence-based practice, cost containment, and recent reforms and innovations. In addition, summary tables provide data on a number of key health system characteristics and performance indicators, including overall health care spending, hospital spending and utilization, health care access, patient safety, care coordination, chronic care management, disease prevention, capacity for quality improvement, and public views.

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An integrated framework for assessing the value of community-based prevention

"In its new study, An Integrated Framework for Assessing the Value of Community-Based Prevention, an Institute of Medicine (IOM) committee proposes a framework to assess the value of community-based, non-clinical prevention policies and wellness strategies."

An integrated framework for assessing the value of community-based prevention
Institute of Medicine
November 2012

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Cost-effectiveness of environmental approaches to disease prevention

"The scientific literature now points to the value of implementing preventive environmental interventions that are cost-saving and conducting additional cost-effectiveness studies of such interventions."

Cost-effectiveness of environmental approaches to disease prevention
DA Chokshi, TA Farley
New England Journal of Medicine, 2012, 367(2):295-297

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