As a pillar of high-quality primary care, improved care coordination remains an important area for expansion and reform around the world.

Millions of Americans have gained access to comprehensive and affordable health coverage through health insurance “marketplaces” created by the Affordable Care Act. Marketplaces provide a one-stop ...

M.A., is the grants technology and data analyst for the Commonwealth Fund. She serves as the Fund’s Salesforce administrator and supports the systems, data, and technology that underpin its ...

In North Dakota, references to the Rough Riders — a famed cavalry in the 1898 Spanish-American War — abound. The name graces hotels, grocery stores, and golf tournaments and has become a shorthand ...

Millions of Americans aren’t able to get and afford the care they need, find appropriate medical providers in their area, or get help managing their conditions. The U.S.’s high health care costs, lack ...

Read full profiles of international health systems describing the role of government, how systems are organized and financed, who and what is covered, and what is being done to ensure quality of care, ...

Explore our newly updated, enhanced, and expanded International Health Care System Profiles to learn how 31 countries across six continents approach health care. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) created ...

Explore our newly updated, enhanced, and expanded International Health Care System Profiles to learn how 31 countries across six continents approach health care.

Sara Rosenbaum is the Harold and Jane Hirsh Professor Emerita of Health Law and Policy at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University, as well as the director of ...

At the center of Sweden’s reforms is the idea of “permanent physician contact” — an ongoing relationship between a patient and a primary care physician. Swedish residents have the right to choose a ...

In hospital global budgeting arrangements, a payer or a regulator sets a total amount for patient care revenue that a hospital may receive over a year’s time. As a form of value-based payment, global ...

Consumer choice in health care has been advanced as a pathway for improving the quality and affordability of health care. The idea is that when people have access to full and accurate information ...