Switzerland

Switzerland Health
Health Care
Care
System
System
 HISTORY BACKGROUND
World War II
Switzerland has an extremely well developed health care system. The entire system underwent massive
expansion after the Second World War.

Early 1970
The early 1970s, there were shortages of certain health professionals especially dentists and hospital-
based doctors.

1950-1960
After the Second World War, increasing emphasis was placed on the individual and on curative medicine.
At the end of the 1960s, the growth in health care 6 Switzerland European Observatory on Health Care
Systems expenditure led experts to question the curative orientation of the system for the first time

1886
A federal law to combat epidemic diseases came into force.
1909
Legislation on food and consumer safety was implemented
1994
The revised health insurance law was approved by referendum and came into force on 1 January

1996

It pursued two fundamental objectives: to strengthen solidarity and to contain costs

1990 and 2004

Switzerland spent 11.5% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) against OECD average of 8.8%.

The cost increased by 2.4% of GDP between , above the OECD average increase of 1.5%
 IMPORTANT
IMPORTANT FACTS
FACTS AND
AND FIGURES
FIGURES

● Switzerland has a total population of 8.42 Million as of 2017

● Birth rate is 10.5 births/1,000 population

● Death rate is 8.13 deaths/1,000 population

● Life expectancy 82.5 years

● The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is increasing as years pass by

which is 678.9 billion USD (2017)
● Home to one of the world's most thriving economies
● Has an extensive network of highly qualified doctors
● Swiss hospitals are the best equipped medical facilities
● No waiting lists
● Mandatory Swiss health insurance premiums
● Swiss health insurance equals around 10 percent of the average
Swiss salary.
● Switzerland spends the highest percentage of GDP on healthcare
(around 11.4 percent) compared to all EU countries.
 HIGHLIGHTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
● Most cantons have changed the status and organisation of public hospitals. 18 of the 26
cantons have regrouped their hospitals to one juridical and organisational unity,
mostly as entity of the public law.
● Private hospitals are regrouping and gaining more patients with complementary private
insurance in a shrinking market.
● The OECD and the WHO praised the quality of the system
● Has one of the World’s Best Health Care SYSTEM
 HIGHLIGHTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
● the pacemaker was invented in Switzerland and the cervical cancer vaccination was developed also in Switzerland
● At the beginning of the twentieth century, patients from all over the world came to Switzerland for treatment in
the Alpine clinics.
● Switzerland is an extremely attractive location for research, development, and production in the medical technology
sector with first-class research institutions, expertise in precision technologies and a sophisticated healthcare system
requiring suitable products.
 BISMARCK
BISMARCK MODEL
MODEL
● the Swiss healthcare system is not tax-based or financed by
employers but is paid for by the individual through
contributions into Swiss health insurance schemes.

● In any given year, adults have to pay the first CHF 300 of any
medical treatment themselves, except for maternity services.
This contribution is called an ‘excess’. The insurance will only GDP Spent on Healthcare:
11.2%
pay what exceeds the excess and even then, the patient has to Total Health Expenditure Per
pay 10 percent of that amount. This is called the ‘deductible’ Capita: $3,700
Public Health Expenditure Per
Capita: $2,875
● In 2017, an adult pays an average of CHF 447 in Swiss health Life Expectancy: 81 years
insurance premiums. In addition to paying monthly premiums
to the insurer, you must also pay a contribution towards the
cost of any medical consultations and treatments, up to a fixed
amount.
 CONCLUSION
Continue on improving the high quality services and medical equipment

Lower the expenses on healthcare and insurance

Ensures the availability of the health workers

Prioritizes the health of its people