

Its hard to imagine anyone better suited to rank the worlds health care systems than an oncologist with a Harvard medical degree and a Harvard Ph.D. From Taiwan to Germany, Australia to Switzerland, the most inventive healthcare providers tackle a global set of challenges - in pursuit of the best healthcare in the world. Using a unique comparative structure, the book allows healthcare professionals, patients, and policymakers alike to know which systems perform well, and why, and which face endemic problems. In Which Country Has the Worlds Best Healthcare? Ezekiel Emanuel profiles eleven of the worlds healthcare systems in pursuit of the best or at least where excellence can be found. Yet, for all that expense, the US is not ranked #1 - not even close. The US spends more than any other nation, nearly $4 trillion, on healthcare.

Book Synopsis The preeminent doctor and bioethicist Ezekiel Emanuel is repeatedly asked one question: Which country has the best healthcare? He set off to find an answer. From Taiwan to Germany, Australia to Switzerland, the most inventive healthcare providers tackle a global set of challenges - in pursuit of the best healthcare in the world.-Provided by publisher. About the Book The preeminent doctor and bioethicist Ezekiel Emanuel is repeatedly asked one question: Which country has the best healthcare? He set off to find an answer.
