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  European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies - http://www.euro.who.int/observatory
Public-private partnership which supports and promotes evidence-based health policy-making through comprehensive and rigorous analysis of the dynamics of health care systems in Europe. Includes Health System Profiles (HiTs) and other publications, events, research topics and country profiles.
  PBS - Frontline: Sick Around the World - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/sickaroundtheworld/
Documentary on how five capitalist democracies - Germany, Japan, Taiwan, Switzerland, the UK - handle healthcare for their citizens. Includes full video and transcript, interviews, analysis, Q&A, teacher's guide and additional resources.
  Health Policy Monitor - http://www.hpm.org/
The International Network of Health Policy and Reform, a 20-country project, provides news and information relating to healthcare policy issues and reforms.
  European Observatory - Snapshots of Health Systems - http://www.euro.who.int/document/e87303.pdf
Summaries and comparisons of the healthcare systems of each country in Europe, including figures and tables. From the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.
  Physicians for a National Health Program - International Resources - http://www.pnhp.org/single_payer_resources/international_resources.php
Annotated list of online resources relating to healthcare systems in various countries, including comparisons. Collected by Joel A. Harrison, Ph.D., MPH.
  Los Angeles Times - Britain's National Health Service: Simple, Sensible and Civilized - http://www.latimes.com/features/health/medicine/la-oe-sigal5-2009jul05,0,6570986.story
An American describes his experience of Britain's health care system.
  New York Times - Swiss Health Care Thrives Without Public Option - http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/01/health/policy/01swiss.html
"...many academics who have studied the Swiss health care system have pointed to this Alpine nation of about 7.5 million as a model that delivers much of what Washington is aiming to accomplish — without the contentious option of a government-run health insurance plan."
  SwissInfo.ch - US Healthcare Reform Looks to the Swiss - http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss_news/US_healthcare_reform_looks_to_the_Swiss.html?siteSect=201&sid=11042251&rss=true&ty=st
As the US prepares for major surgery on its ailing health care system, tips from the Swiss system could help get the job done.
  Indiana Healthcare Reform Workgroup - Resources - http://www.healthcarereform.iupui.edu/resources.html
Information about healthcare systems, overview spreadsheets, and reform ideas and proposals in several U.S. states and in other countries.

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