Includes bibliographical references (pages 422-431) and index.

"The preeminent doctor and bioethicist Ezekiel Emanuel is repeatedly asked one question: Which country has the best health care? He set off to find an answer. The US spends more than any other nation, nearly $4 trillion, on health care. Yet, for all that expense, the US is not ranked #1 -- not even close. In Which Country Has the World's Best Health Care? Ezekiel Emanuel profiles 11 of the world's health care systems in pursuit of the best or at least where excellence can be found. Using a unique comparative structure, the book allows health care professionals, patients, and policymakers alike to know which systems perform well, and why, and which face endemic problems. From Taiwan to Germany, Australia to Switzerland, the most inventive health care providers tackle a global set of challenges -- in pursuit of the best health care in the world."--Book jacket.