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Switzerland

Health Systems in Transition (HiT) profile

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  1. Country Overview

  2. Health Systems in Transition (HiT) profile

    1. 1. Introduction
      1. 1.0. Introduction
      2. 1.1. Geography and sociodemography
      3. 1.2. Economic context
      4. 1.3. Political context
      5. 1.4. Health status
    2. 2. Organization and governance

      Updated: 18 July 2024
      1. 2.0. Introduction
      2. 2.1. Overview of the health system
      3. 2.2. Historical background
      4. 2.3. Organization
      5. 2.4. Decentralization and centralization
      6. 2.5. Planning
      7. 2.6. Intersectorality

        Updated: 18 July 2024
      8. 2.7. Health information management

        Updated: 30 May 2023
      9. 2.8. Regulation

        Updated: 12 August 2021
      10. 2.9. Patient empowerment
    3. 3. Financing

      Updated: 29 May 2025
      1. 3.0. Introduction
      2. 3.1. Health expenditure

        Updated: 30 September 2018
      3. 3.2. Sources of revenue and financial flows
      4. 3.3. Overview of the statutory financing system

        Updated: 29 May 2025
      5. 3.4. Out of pocket payments
      6. 3.5. Voluntary health insurance
      7. 3.6. Other financing
      8. 3.7. Payment mechanisms

        Updated: 01 January 2020
    4. 4. Physical and human resources

      Updated: 03 June 2019
      1. 4.0. Introduction
      2. 4.1. Physical resources
      3. 4.2. Human resources

        Updated: 03 June 2019
    5. 5. Provision of services

      Updated: 02 August 2022
      1. 5.0. Introduction
      2. 5.1. Public health
      3. 5.2. Patient pathways

        Updated: 30 October 2018
      4. 5.3. Primary / ambulatory care
      5. 5.4. Specialized ambulatory care / inpatient care
      6. 5.5. Emergency care
      7. 5.6. Pharmaceutical care

        Updated: 02 August 2022
      8. 5.7. Rehabilitation / intermediate care
      9. 5.8. Long term care
      10. 5.9. Services for informal carers
      11. 5.10. Palliative care
      12. 5.11. Mental health care
      13. 5.12. Dental care
      14. 5.13. Complementary and alternative medicine
      15. 5.14. Health services for specific populations

        Updated: 01 March 2021
    6. 6. Principal health reforms

      Updated: 10 October 2022
      1. 6.0. Introduction
      2. 6.1. Analysis of recent reforms

        Updated: 10 October 2022
      3. 6.2. Future developments

        Updated: 24 May 2017
    7. 7. Assessment of the health system

      Updated: 22 October 2022
      1. 7.0. Introduction
      2. 7.1. Stated objectives of the health system
      3. 7.2. Financial protection and equity in financing

        Updated: 22 October 2022
      4. 7.3. User experience and equity of access to health care
      5. 7.4. Health outcomes, health service outcomes and quality of care
      6. 7.5. Health system efficiency

        Updated: 24 January 2022
      7. 7.6. Transparency and accountability
    8. 8. Conclusions
      1. 8.0. Introduction

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