The exhibit (overdose/drug-related mortality) uses data from a wide range of U.S. and international sources. These data sources and metrics can have important and subtle differences, and the findings ...

For more than 50 years, Medicare has helped older adults and disabled people of all ages obtain the health care they need while protecting them from the financial burden of excessive medical bills.

It took 10 years of political tension to establish Australia’s universal public health insurance program, known as Medicare. A universal health care bill was initially introduced in Parliament in 1973 ...

In the 14 years since enactment of the most significant health reform legislation in half a century, it’s now clear that millions of Americans have benefited from the insurance coverage expansions, ...

Biography at time of Harkness Fellowship: Jacob West, M.P.P., a 2014–15 U.K. Harkness Fellow in Health Care Policy and Practice, is the director of strategy at King’s College Hospital, one of the ...

Explore comparative data on key health system characteristics and performance indicators such as overall health care spending, hospital spending and utilization, health care access, and more.

Amid our efforts to improve health care quality, we can easily lose sight of the most basic questions. Consider evidence-based clinical guidelines, protocols, and pathways. What are they? How do they ...

The Commonwealth Fund has its origins in the philanthropic efforts of the Harkness family. Stephen V. Harkness began his career in New York State’s Finger Lakes region at age 15 as an apprentice ...

The United States spends far more per person on its health care system compared to the rest of the world. Eighteen percent of the nation’s economy is devoted to health care — 50 percent higher than ...

Mirror, Mirror 2024 is your opportunity to explore the impact of policy choices on health and well-being across 10 countries, including the U.S. Read the report here. Preliminary research suggests ...

David C. Radley, Ph.D., M.P.H., is a senior scientist for the Commonwealth Fund’s Tracking Health System Performance initiative and director of data and analytics at the Center for Evidence-Based ...