Some countries have been better positioned to limit the spread of COVID-19 than others. Roosa Tikkanen, Ana Djordjevic, Reginald D Williams II (Commonwealth Fund) and George A Wharton and Elias Mossialos (LSE) introduce the 2020 International Profiles of Health Care Systems, which help to understand how 20 countries, including Germany, Norway and Taiwan, have made decisions about health care
