Given the high volumes, however, there are questions about the oversupply of services, as well as some comparatively moderate health and quality outcomes from this perspective, there are signs that there is room for improvement in how the system allocates resources. This can be seen as achieving a considerable level of technical efficiency. In relation to overall health expenditure and available resources, a very high number of services is provided across sectors, particularly in hospital and ambulatory care. The country had the highest per capita spending in the EU in 2018. With the largest economy in the EU it is not surprising that Germany spends more than other countries on health, with most financing coming from public funds. It provides good access to care with free choice of provider and short waiting times, which is partly due to good infrastructure with a dense network of ambulatory care physicians and hospitals, and a quantitatively high level of service provision. Germany's health care system is often regarded as one of the best health care systems in the world, offering its population universal health insurance coverage and a comprehensive benefits basket with comparably low cost-sharing requirements. It does not store any personal data.This analysis of the German health system reviews recent developments in organization and governance, health financing, health care provision, health reforms and health system performance. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Performance'. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Necessary'. The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Functional'. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Analytics'.

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