[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”!! PLEASE DO NOT EDIT !!!” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”1″ admin_label=”!!! PLEASE DO NOT EDIT !!!” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text admin_label=”TEXT – BLOCK 1″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
Switzerland is a high-income country in Central<\/span> Europe. Its <\/span>population in 2022 was 8.7 million<\/span><\/a> people and <\/span>life expectancy in 2021 was 84 years<\/span><\/a>. In 2021, <\/span>In 2021, <\/span>Switzerland\u2019s <\/span>current health expenditure (CHE) was 11.8% of GDP in 2021<\/span><\/a>, and its <\/span>CHE was $<\/span>10 897<\/span> per capita<\/span><\/a>. In 2020, public expenditure accounted for only 35.7% while private expenditure accounted for 64.3%; and out-of-pocked spending accounted for 22% of CHE (2020).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”TEXT – BLOCK 2 ” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n The following extract is from the <\/span>\u201cCountry overview\u201d<\/span><\/a> for Switzerland published by the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”TEXT – BLOCK 3″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Switzerland ensures access to health care through a system of <\/span>mandatory health insurance<\/b> (MHI), which has been compulsory for every resident since 1996. The Swiss health system is highly decentralized. The federal level defines the legal framework for managed competition in the statutory health system and supervises developments at lower levels of the system.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”TEXT – BLOCK 4 ” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Cantonal governments are responsible for the provision of health care and for the implementation of federal policies. Several coordination bodies exist to improve the collaboration of cantons amongst each other and with the federal government. Popular initiatives and referenda play a prominent role in influencing health policy-making, both at the local and the national level. Certain reforms of the health care system entail a positive referendum by the Swiss population.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”TEXT – BLOCK 5″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n MHI is offered by competing non-profit insurers overseen by the Federal Office of Public Health. It covers most general practitioner and specialist services, home care services, physiotherapy (if prescribed) and some preventive measures, as well as several pharmaceuticals and medical devices. Hospital services are also financed by MHI, although vastly subsidized by the cantons. Routine dental care (except for children) is excluded from public coverage.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”TEXT – BLOCK 6″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Financial flows are split between different government levels and social insurance schemes. Resources are collected mostly through taxes and MHI premiums, with a substantial part allocated to the various social insurance schemes, in particular to subsidize MHI premiums for lower-income households.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”TEXT – BLOCK 7″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n\n
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