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. 2024 Mar 21;24(3):375–392. doi: 10.1007/s10754-024-09369-0

Table 1.

Countries included in the study, divided by type of healthcare system

Country Healthcare system models Dimensions
Regulation Financing Provision Reimbursement
Denmark National Health Service and Insurance (NHS) SA SA PA DRG
Finland ST SA PA PSP
Greece ST SA PA DRG
Iceland ST ST ST PSP
Ireland ST SA PA DRG
Italy ST ST ST DRG
Norway ST SA PA DRG
Portugal SA SA PA DRG
Spain ST ST PA DRG
Sweden ST SA PA DRG
United Kingdom ST ST ST PGB
Austria Social Health Insurance (SHI) ST SA PA PGB
Germany ST ST ST DRG
Luxembourg SA SA PA PGB
Slovenia ST SA PA DRG
Switzerland ST ST ST PSP
Belgium Etatist Social Health Insurance (ESH) ST SA PA DRG
Czechia ST ST ST PSP
Estonia ST SA PA PSP
France ST SA PA DRG
Hungary ST ST ST PSP
Netherlands ST ST ST PGB
Poland SA SA PA DRG
Slovakia ST SA PA PGB
Turkey ST ST ST PSP

NHS, National Health Service and Insurance; SHI, Social Health Insurance; ESH, Etatist Social Health Insurance; ST, State; SA, Societal actors; PA, Private actors; PGB, Prospective Global Budget; DRG, Diagnosis Related Groups; PSP, Procedure Service Payment