nurses, given the size of the projected workforce shortages presented in this report, hwa will conduct an economic analysis to quantify the cost to allow an assessment of the relative affordability of the modelled scenarios to close the projected gap." governments, higher education and training, professions and employers are also identified as key players in the process of addressing future challenges. the mental health of health professionals in australia is a growing concern, so much so that an organisation called crazysocks4docs trust foundation was established by melbourne cardiologist geoff toogood. the organisation aims to break down the stigma of health professionals experiencing mental health issues through such initiatives as its annual flagship event, crazy socks 4 docs day. however, some of those within the medical field have been both complimentary and critical of the crazy socks initiative. quality of care an international comparative study, 'mirror, mirror on the wall: an international update on the comarative performance of american health care' was published by the commonwealth fund in may 2007 and compared the health care systems in six countries (australia, canada, germany, new zealand, the united kingdom and the united states). it found that in the healthy lives category, "australia ranks highest, scoring first or second on all three indicators", although its overall ranking in the study was below the uk and germany systems, tied with new zealand's and above those of canada and far above the u.s. a new study published in july 2017 as part of the same 'mirror, mirror' series by the commonwealth fund compared the health care systems in 11 countries (australia, canada, france, germany, the netherlands, new zealand, norway, sweden, switzerland, the united kingdom, and the united states) and found that australia was now one of the top ranked countries overall, alongside the united kingdom and the netherlands. a global study of end of life care, conducted by the economist intelligence unit, part of the group which publishes the economist magazine, published the compared end of life care, gave the highest ratings to australia and the uk out of the 40 countries studied, the two country's systems receiving a rating of 7.9 out of 10 in an analysis of access to services, quality of care and public awareness. aging population