Switzerlandâs population is satisfied with the health system
Federal Office of Public Health
Berne, 10.12.2020 - Switzerlandâs health system is highly rated by the general population: the vast majority of residents aged over 18 are satisfied with the quality of healthcare received. This was shown by the latest survey conducted in eleven countries by the Commonwealth Fund Foundation. In Switzerland, 91 per cent of respondents rated their health as good, very good or excellent. However, almost half (49 per cent) suffer from at least one chronic condition, while a third reported financial worries.
Every three years, the Commonwealth Fund Foundation conducts a survey of the general population in a number of countries to investigate experiences of the health system. Of the 2,284 people surveyed in Switzerland, around 88 per cent rate the overall performance of Switzerland's health system as good or very good. Switzerland thus ranks in first place, ahead of Norway and Germany. Within Switzerland, the proportion rating performance as good or very good is considerably higher among persons aged 65 and older (95 per cent) than in younger age groups. Assessments also vary widely between language regions: the proportion of respondents from Italian-speaking Switzerland rating health system performance as good or very good is only 67 per cent, compared with 91 per cent in Germanâspeaking and 86 per cent in French-speaking Switzerland.