Comparable health system criteria
For a country to be recognised as having a comparable health system to ours it must fit within our criteria.
We consider a mix of public health, practice environment and registration indicators.
Public health indicators are, for example, life expectancy, mortality and other indicators from the World Health Organization.
Practice environment and registration indicators include: the similarity of the registration system, the percentage of registered medical practitioners per head of population and per capita total expenditure on health.
Countries with a comparable health system
The countries listed below are considered to have a health environment comparable to New Zealand.
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Canada
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Iceland
Israel
Italy
Norway
Portugal
Republic of Ireland
Singapore
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
The Netherlands
United Kingdom
United States of America