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Table 1 Details of the COVID-19 pandemic in participant countries

From: Implementation of initiatives designed to improve healthcare worker health and wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic: comparative case studies from 13 healthcare provider organisations globally

Country

Summary of health system

Date of first case (2020)

Estimated total cumulative COVID-19 Cases per 1 million populationa[16]

Estimated total culmative COVID-19 Deaths per 1 million populationa[16]

Canada

Decentralized, universal, publically funded health system [17].

26th January [18]

4,310

249

Chad

Mix of severely limited public and private healthcare providers [19].

19th March [20]

74

5

Colombia

Mix of parallel public and private insurers and healthcare providers [21].

6th March 30]

16,539

519

Egypt

Mix of public, parastatal and private insurers and healthcare providers [22].

13th February [23]

1,012

58

India

Mixed financing system, with decentralized, universal, publically funded health system and private sector [24].

30th January [18]

4,746

74

Kenya

Mix of public and private, for-profit and nonprofit, and faith-based healthcare providers [25, 26].

13th March [27]

724

13

Malawi

Mix of public and private, for-profit and nonprofit, and faith-based healthcare provider [28].

2nd April [29]

302

9

Mexico

Mixed financing system, with employment-based social insurance schemes, public system for the uninsured, and a private sector [30].

28th February [18]

5,814

609

New Zealand

Universal, publically funded health system, delivery system regionally administered [31].

28th February [32]

311

5

Pakistan

Mix of parallel public and private healthcare providers [33].

26th February [34]

1,424

29

Singapore

Mixed financing system, with public statutory insurance system [35].

23rd January [36]

9,880

5

Spain

Universal, publically funded health system, delivery system regionally administered [37].

1st February [18]

16,895

686

United States of America

Mix of public and private, for-profit and nonprofit insurers and healthcare providers [38].

22nd January [18]

21,922

626

  1. aFigures on 4th October 2020