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5 unusual facts about Commonwealth Fund


Comparison of the health care systems in Canada and the United States

Studies by the Commonwealth Fund found that 42% of Canadians waited 2 hours or more in the emergency room, vs. 29% in the U.S.; 57% waited 4 weeks or more to see a specialist, vs. 23% in the U.S., but Canadians had more chances of getting medical attention at nights, or on weekends and holidays than their American neighbors without the need to visit an ER (54% compared to 61%).

Ellen V. Futter

She formerly served as chairman of the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and chairman of the Commission on Women's Health of The Commonwealth Fund.

Graeme Moodie

Between 1949 and 1951 he was a Commonwealth Fund fellow at Princeton University, and in 1953 returned to St Andrews as senior lecturer in politics, spending a further year (1962–1963) at Princeton.

Medical underwriting

A study conducted by the Commonwealth Fund in 2001 found that, among those aged 19 to 64 who sought individual health insurance during the previous three years, the majority found it expensive, and less than a third ended up purchasing insurance.

Nigel Howard Croft

In 1981, he received a Harkness Fellowship from the Commonwealth Fund, to conduct post-doctoral research at the University of California, Berkeley, on the low temperature impact strength of welds in microalloyed steel after induction bending for use in high pressure gas pipelines.



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