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 ...

Timothy Stoltzfus Jost, J.D., is an Emeritus Professor at the Washington and Lee University School of Law. He is a coauthor of the casebook Health Law, used widely throughout the United States in ...

American families are confronting harsh financial realities of late, from rising unemployment and sluggish wage growth to high food and fuel costs and tight credit. Added to these worries are soaring ...

Summary: Hospital at home programs that enable patients to receive acute care at home have proven effective in reducing complications while cutting the cost of care by 30 percent or more, leading to ...

Despite having the most expensive health care system, the United States ranks last overall compared with six other industrialized countries—Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the central importance of a well-functioning health care system. Nations that ensure affordable, efficient, and equitable access to quality care are at a clear ...

The Commonwealth Fund's Harkness Fellowships provide a unique opportunity for individuals who are committed to advancing health care policy and practice to spend a year in the United States conducting ...

Lovisa Gustafsson, M.B.A., is vice president of the Controlling Health Care Costs program at the Commonwealth Fund. She joined the Fund in 2016 as the program officer for Breakthrough Health Care ...

Gretchen Jacobson is vice president of the Medicare program at the Commonwealth Fund. In this role, she is responsible for developing strategy and program plans for advancing Medicare initiatives, ...

Laurie C. Zephyrin, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., is senior vice president for Advancing Health Equity at the Commonwealth Fund. She has extensive experience leading the vision, design, and delivery of ...

Read full profiles of international health systems describing the role of government, how systems are organized and financed, who and what is covered, and what is being done to ensure quality of care, ...