Health care for older adults | Commonwealth Fund 2024
The Commonwealth Fund’s 2024 International Health Policy surveyed nearly 17,000 people aged 65 and older across 10 countries about their health and care. More than 1,500 people in the UK responded (and the sample was representative of the UK population).
Older adults in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and the US took part in the survey.
The results paint a mixed picture of the quality of health care in the UK. There are some clear strengths, such as lower cost barriers to accessing care. But other countries perform better in some aspects, such as seeing the same GP and end of life care planning, suggesting that the UK is falling behind its peers in some key areas.
To read about the findings, please click below.
