<p>Recently, the American analytic agency Bloomberg has published a ranking of countries with the most effective health systems, in which Hong Kong and Singapore took the first two lines.</p><p>The effectiveness of the health care system and the quality of medical services is one of the most important indicators of a country's well-being. In most developed countries, medical care is at a very high level, which contributes to an increase in the life expectancy of the population and generally makes people happier.</p><p>The annual Bloomberg ranking based on data from the United Nations, the World Health Organization and the World Bank. In total, this time the rating includes 56 states. According to Bloomberg analysts, only countries with a minimum population of 5 million people were considered, in which the average life expectancy of the population is more than 70 years, and the GDP per capita is more than 5 thousand US dollars. Consequently, in compiling the ranking, third world countries were not taken into account, in which the health care system “falls short” to a minimum that allows it to be considered at least a little effective. In addition, some of the richest countries with a small number of people were not taken into account, for example, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, and Monaco, whose residents can do without the state health care system.</p><p>The rating based on three main indicators that determine the effectiveness of the health care system of a state: the cost of medical services per capita, the state's expenditures on health care as a percentage of GDP per capita, and average life expectancy at birth. At the same time, life expectancy is the most significant criterion.</p><p>First place went to Hong Kong, whose health care system recognized as the best in the world, thanks in part to its well-developed medical system. The life expectancy rate in Hong Kong is one of the highest in the world, and the infant mortality rate is one of the lowest. Life expectancy in Hong Kong is 84.3 years. In this small city-state with a population of only 7.2 million people, there are 42 public and 11 private clinics, which employ high-level specialists who apply modern methods of treatment. For visitors, the cost of treatment in public and private institutions is little different, so they often choose private clinics for treatment. However, local residents prefer treatment in public clinics. As in most other countries, private clinics have more friendly staff and equipment that is more professional, they work closely with Europe, and specialists working in private clinics are constantly trained in new effective methods of treating various diseases.</p><p>Singapore ranked second in the ranking of countries with the most efficient healthcare system. Medicine in Singapore, as in Hong Kong, divided into public and private. In state clinics, they take on even the most serious illnesses, and the state reimburses from 50% to 80% of the cost of medical services to citizens permanently residing in Singapore. For visitors, prices for public and private medicine are almost the same, so they often choose the second option.</p><p>Top 10 rankings of countries on the effectiveness of the health care system are as follows:</p><ul><li>Hong Kong</li><li>Singapore</li><li>Spain</li><li>Italy</li><li>South Korea</li><li>Israel</li><li>Japan</li><li>Australia</li><li>Taiwan</li><li>UAE</li></ul><p dir="ltr">It should be noted that many post-Soviet countries were not even considered. The best position among them is from Kazakhstan, which ranked 44th. Belarus took the 49th place, and Russia and Azerbaijan are almost at the end of the ranking - they took the 53rd and 54th places respectively. At 56th place was Bulgaria, which has shifted down by 10 lines compared with the previous rating. Poland, which is adjacent to Belarus, was ranked 24th on the list.</p>