Comparative Study of World's Healthcare Systems -An overview of healthcare systems in the world

is paper is intended to assist health policy and healthcare system designers in developing countries so that they can understand basic characteristics of a healthcare system. It then provides an overview of typical healthcare systems currently existing in the world with their strengths and weaknesses. Major issues confronting healthcare systems both in developed and in developing countries are surveyed. Finally it tries to show the general direction which should be taken both in developed and developing countries.