The superior performance of health services in France and Germany is not simply the result of greater public investment but owes a great deal to the evolution of a hybrid system of funding medical ...

with the polyclinic being a symbol of healthcare politics in the GDR. In West Germany a two-class system, public and private health insurance companies, offered more choices, but where was it more ...

Here’s what you need to know. How the German healthcare system works for residents Having health insurance is mandatory in Germany, which is why public health insurance is also called statutory ...

Getting an appointment with a general practitioner is going to be much easier again - especially for those with statutory ...

Germany is now “the world champion when it comes to sick days,” according to Oliver Bäte, the boss of Allianz, Europe’s biggest insurer. In an interview with Handelsblatt, a newspaper, Mr Bäte called ...

And yet, as Skirgard was a little bewildered to discover, there are few systems in place when health care providers meet non-German patients, and many doctors are not aware of what systems do exist.

Five capitalist democracies around the world - Japan, Taiwan, Switzerland, Great Britain, and Germany - all have health care systems that provide health care for everyone. They have higher life ...

The country sustains a multiple payer health system and every citizen is covered by insurance. In Germany, Statutory Health Insurance (SHI) is mandatory, and around 86% of the German population ...

The race is on to build a new generation of healthcare software to replace legacy hospital systems that in some cases may not have been updated in decades. A startup out of Munich, Germany ...