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United States of America

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: 31 March 2025
      1. 2.0. Introduction
      2. 2.1. Historical background
      3. 2.2. Organization

        Updated: 31 March 2025
      4. 2.3. Decentralization and centralization
      5. 2.4. Planning
      6. 2.5. Intersectorality
      7. 2.6. Health information systems

        Updated: 31 March 2025
      8. 2.7. Regulation

        Updated: 05 September 2024
      9. 2.8. Person-centred care
    3. 3. Financing

      Updated: 05 September 2024
      1. 3.0. Introduction
      2. 3.1. Health expenditure
      3. 3.2. Sources of revenue and financial flows
      4. 3.3. Overview of the statutory financing system

        Updated: 05 September 2024
      5. 3.4. Out-of-pocket payments
      6. 3.5. Private health insurance

        Updated: 01 May 2023
      7. 3.6. Other financing
      8. 3.7. Payment mechanisms
    4. 4. Physical and human resources
      1. 4.0. Introduction
      2. 4.1. Physical resources
      3. 4.2. Human resources
    5. 5. Provision of services

      Updated: 31 March 2025
      1. 5.0. Introduction
      2. 5.1. Public health

        Updated: 31 March 2025
      3. 5.2. Patient pathways
      4. 5.3. Primary care
      5. 5.4. Specialized care
      6. 5.5. Urgent and emergency care
      7. 5.6. Pharmaceutical care

        Updated: 05 September 2024
      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
    6. 6. Principal health reforms

      Updated: 07 August 2025
      1. 6.0. Introduction
      2. 6.1. Analysis of recent reforms

        Updated: 07 August 2025
      3. 6.2. Future developments

        Updated: 01 April 2023
    7. 7. Assessment of the health system

      Updated: 07 August 2025
      1. 7.0. Introduction
      2. 7.1. Health system governance
      3. 7.2. Accessibility

        Updated: 07 August 2025
      4. 7.3. Financial protection
      5. 7.4. Health care quality

        Updated: 31 January 2025
      6. 7.5. Health system outcomes
      7. 7.6. Health system efficiency
    8. 8. Conclusions
      1. 8.0. Introduction
HSPM United States of America 2020

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United States: health system review 2020
23 December 2020

United States: health system review 2020
Health Systems in Transition, Vol. 22 No. 4
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Contributors

Authors

  • Thomas Rice
  • Pauline Rosenau
  • Lynn Unruh
  • Andrew Barnes

THE HSPM Network

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UCLA, University of California, Los Angeles

https://hpm.ph.ucla.edu/pages/

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