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The Swiss Health Care System

Obsan has updated the country profile Switzerland of the Commonwealth Fund. This profile as well as an overview of 19 other health systems can be found here:

The Swiss Health Care System

Indicators online

Discover a first series of indicators from the Swiss Monitoring System on Addiction and Noncommunicable Diseases (MonAM):

MonAM-Indicators

"nurses at work": Who is staying in the profession and who is leaving?

A major study conducted in the country's three regions asked health professionals their reasons for staying in or for leaving the health sector. This factsheet describes the study's approach and presents the main findings.

Obsan Bulletin 8/2016

Publications in English

The “nurses at work” study: Investigating nurses’ career paths over the last 40 years in Switzerland

Obsan Bulletin 8/2016
Véronique Addor, René Schwendimann, Jacques-Antoine Gauthier, Boris Wernli, Dalit Jäckel, Adeline Paignon
05/03/2016
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Ageing workforce in an ageing society

How many health professionals will the Swiss healthcare system need by 2030?
Web-Publikation
Hélène Jaccard Ruedin, France Weaver
08/26/2009
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Health in Switzerland - Summary

National Health Report 2008
Obsan Bulletin
11/27/2008
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