Mirror, Mirror Advisory Group

“Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: How the Performance of the U.S. Health Care System Compares Internationally,” most recently published by the Fund in 2014, benchmarks and ranks 11 health care systems on five dimensions of performance: quality, access, efficiency, equity, and healthy lives. It has been widely cited by high impact media sources in the United States and internationally, including the New York Times, Washington Post, NBC, The Economist, TIME, The Atlantic, and The Guardian UK, and, is the most viewed publication on the Fund’s website. “Mirror, Mirror” has garnered much attention from policymakers, journalists, and researchers in the 11 countries included in the report. Given its high profile and strong appeal to a wide range of audiences, a sixth edition in 2017 is anticipated. To ensure the ongoing relevance of “Mirror, Mirror”, we propose to convene an ad hoc external Advisory Group to review its methodological soundness and make recommendations on how it can be enhanced.