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OECD฀Reviews฀of฀Health฀Systems Switzerland The฀Swiss฀population฀enjoys฀good฀health฀and฀universal฀access฀to฀a฀comprehensive฀range฀of฀ modern฀health฀services,฀with฀unconstrained฀choice฀of฀provider.฀Nonetheless,฀policy฀makers฀are฀ faced฀with฀considerable฀policy฀challenges,฀particularly฀to฀contain฀fast-growing฀health฀spending฀ and฀improve฀value฀for฀money.฀While฀reforms฀in฀the฀system฀are฀needed,฀views฀about฀the฀most฀ appropriate฀directions฀of฀change฀differ฀widely.฀ This฀book฀analyses฀the฀strengths฀and฀weaknesses฀of฀the฀Swiss฀health฀system.฀It฀weighs฀them฀ against฀the฀key฀policy฀objectives฀of฀health-system฀effectiveness฀and฀responsiveness,฀access฀to฀ care฀and฀equitable฀financing,฀efficient฀supply฀of฀services,฀and฀financial฀sustainability.฀The฀report฀ assesses฀new฀proposals฀for฀reform฀of฀the฀health฀system฀and฀provides฀policy฀recommendations฀to฀ help฀address฀current฀and฀upcoming฀challenges฀facing฀the฀Swiss฀authorities. OECD฀Reviews฀of฀Health฀Systems฀฀฀฀ OECD฀Reviews฀of฀Health฀Systems Switzerland The฀full฀text฀of฀this฀book฀is฀available฀on฀line฀via฀this฀link: http://www.sourceoecd.org/socialissues/9264025820 Those฀with฀access฀to฀all฀OECD฀books฀on฀line฀should฀use฀this฀link: http://www.sourceoecd.org/9264025820 Switzerland SourceOECD฀is฀the฀OECD’s฀online฀library฀of฀books,฀periodicals฀and฀statistical฀databases.฀For฀more฀information฀about฀ this฀award-winning฀service฀and฀free฀trials฀ask฀your฀librarian,฀or฀write฀to฀us฀at฀[email protected] www.oecd.org -:HSTCQE=UWZ]WU: 812006081cov.indd฀฀฀1 ISBN฀92-64-02582-0 81฀2006฀08฀1฀P World฀Health฀Organization