International Health Care System Switzerland

Running Head: DISCUSSION 0
INTERNATIONAL HEALTHCARE-SYSTEM
Switzerland
FEBRUARY 6, 2020

DISCUSSION 1
Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Description of Swiss Healthcare-System...................................................................................2
Costing of Swiss Healthcare-System.........................................................................................2
Outcomes/Satisfaction of the Swiss Healthcare-System............................................................3
Differences with USA Healthcare-System.................................................................................3
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................4
References..................................................................................................................................5

DISCUSSION 2
Introduction
Healthcare system is a structured plan designed to focus on the country’s population
and plan out the finance and management of the health care which includes schemes, health
policies, loans etc. All the countries around the global focuses on the health and medical
requirement of their citizens. Their main priority is to look after citizens’ health needs but at a
considerable budget and resources (WHO, 2009). This report presents the health care system
of Switzerland.
Description of Swiss Healthcare-System
Switzerland or Swiss healthcare system is claimed as universal and is considered to
involve all the coverages of its citizens. The Swiss Federal Law on Health Insurance
regulates the system and also handles the financial queries of the citizens in respect to the
medical help. There does not exists any free state-provided health insurances, but the
private health insurance schemes and policies which is compulsory for all the citizens in the
country (Schwartz, 2020).
The Swiss government subsidizes the poor and economically unstable people with
healthcare benefits but no such policy is applicable for economical sound. (Sturny, 2020).
Swiss Nurses Association also termed as SBK-ASI is one of the largest professional
association in Switzerland. Swiss nursing education is vocational and skill oriented and hence
focuses more on practical skills (Schwendimann, et al., 2020).
The system is based on preventive care model and involves primary care by the
assistance of professional nurses and physicians (Sturny, 2020).
Costing of Swiss Healthcare-System
It is stated that 67.4 percent of health spending comes from public sectors such as
through taxes, interests and finances while, 5.7 percent comes from cost sharing (Ganzer &
Sak Hoi, 2017). In Switzerland, economically unstable people find it difficult to pay the
basic health coverages because their income is not sufficient to meet the health insurance
premiums and also their cost is increasing day by day, which is unfavorable (Roy, 2011).
Hence, the government has started subsidizing the health insurance and those getting
the subsidiary then their insurance premium accounts for 12 percent of nonrefundable
income (Ganzer & Sak Hoi, 2017).