Table 1. Health syst em comparisons
US UK
Who pays?
● Government
● Private insurance
● Self-pay
● Government - National Health Service
Delivery system
● Hospital-centric – government or private
● Shifting to illness prevention and more
ambulatory, home, post-acute care
● Strong community-based care with
primary care focus
● Hospitals run by trusts
Technology vision
● Electronic health records for all by 2014
● Improve information availability, quality,
and safety
● Paperless system by 2018
● Improve information availability,
quality, and safety