What are the 10 countries with the best healthcare systems in the world?

What are the parameters for comparing healthcare systems in the world and defining a ranking with the 10 best?

Given the advancement of scientific and technological research, pharmacology, studies and non-invasive surgical interventions (diagnostic imaging, laser) and other advanced tools applied to medical sciences, for years it has not only dealt with healthcare and expectations of life in the world.

They too have been modified the criteria themselves to establish a hierarchy to qualify health systems.

It should be noted that it is not just the efficiency and scientific and technological quality that a country can achieve that counts. Organizations are increasingly looking at the political and social conditions that determine the degree of population access to these benefits, such as social security, patient rights, public and private health policies, prevention programs and other indicators.

Which countries have the best healthcare systems?

But those looking for data close to 2024, the Spanish Generali website Made up of journalists and specialists in health, nutrition, sport and family, it presents the latest assessment carried out by the World Health Organization.

This ranking is independent of countries’ performance during the pandemic and focuses on general criteria of scientific and technological progress and the access of populations to the health and well-being system, both in the public and private spheres. The latest list recently released by the WHO is as follows:

1. France.
2. Italy.
3. San Marino.
4. Andorra.
5. Malt.
6. Singapore.
7. Spain.
8. Oman.
9. Austria.
10. Japan.

As can be seen, in general, more economically developed countries tend to be well above their qualitative benefits. But there are also many ways to evaluate health systems.

According to the website of Saint Leo University, located in the state of Florida, in the United States, the data varies depending on whether one or another hierarchy of qualifications is taken into account. But it generally follows that countries with high per capita income are better positioned.

European countries such as Switzerland, the Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, Belgium and Finland remained on the lists for a long time. But some Asians have joined, such as South Korea, Taiwan and Japan.

The San Leo University portal cites a study (A Negative Reflection: Health Care in the United States Compared to Other High-Income Countries) published in 2021 by the Commonwealth Fund, comparing the health status of 11 countries to reflect the current situation in the United States.

The qualitative result gave them this order of effectiveness and merit:

1. Norway.
2. Holland.
3. Australia.
4. United Kingdom.
5. Germany.
6. New Zeland.
7. Sweden.
8. France.
9. Swiss.
10. Canada.

Another study of 50 countries during Covid-19

There are continually studies that evaluate healthcare systems by comparing variables such as efficiency and quality.

In a studio called More efficient healthcarepublished in 2020 by the global company specializing in Big Data, BloombergHE analyzed the performance and capacity of health systems in more than 50 countries in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic.

In particular, Asian countries lead the ranking among those of other continents. Here is how he provided the list of countries in his top 10 positions:

1. Singapore.
2. Hong Kong.
3. Taiwan.
4. South Korea.
5. Israel.
6. Ireland.
7. Australia.
8. New Zeland.
9. Thailand.
10. Japan.

Beyond the economic development of some Asian countries and their search for good community health systems, this study undoubtedly bears the imprint of the response to the hellish pandemic unleashed in 2020.

Just as those Asian countries completely closed down and isolated their communities (a result of very unpleasant past experiences), several European countries were very surprised by the arrival of the vaccine. Countries such as Italy, Spain, France, Germany and the United Kingdom have seen healthcare collapses inadequate compared to their average medical quality.

On the other hand, the general medical care quality index, published by CEOWorld Magazinewhich includes criteria such as: infrastructure, professional competence of staff in all sectors, cost of service, quality and medicinesestablishes that the 10 countries with the best healthcare systems in 2022 were as follows:

1. South Korea.
2. Taiwan.
3. Denmark.
4. Austria.
5. Japan.
6. Australia.
7. France.
8. Spain.
9. Belgium.
10. United Kingdom.