Table 1.

New typology of health care system

	NHS	SHI	NHI	Liberal type
Health care provision	Public-dominant	Public-dominant	Private-dominant	Private-dominant
Financing administration	Single/concentrated	Multiple/dispersed	Single/concentrated	Multiple/dispersed
Basic principle	Universalism	Corporatism	Universalism	Liberalism
Principle of population coverage	All citizens	The insured	All citizens	The vulnerable
Scope of social solidarity	National	Among individual groups of the insured	National	Between the vulnerable and the others
Strength of state regulation on health care system	Extensive/strong	Limited/medium	Extensive/strong	Limited/weak
Source of health care financing	Tax	Monthly contributions	Monthly contributions and tax	Premiums and taxes
Representative	Great Britain	Germany	Korea	United States

NHS, National Health Service; SHI, Social Health Insurance; NHI, National Health Insurance.