En el presente trabajo se realiz? la caracterizaci?n de los modelos de sistemas de salud que son aplicados a nivel mundial, as? como los elementos te?ricos propuestos para la configuraci?n de los mismos. Para su realizaci?n se analizaron fuentes de informaci?n secundaria, particularmente art?culos acad?micos disponibles en bases de datos cient?ficas como Scopus, Scielo y Pubmed e informes institucionales disponibles en las p?ginas Web de los pa?ses estudiados y de la Organizaci?n Mundial de la Salud. Inicialmente se llev? a cabo un an?lisis bibliom?trico general usando teor?a de redes, para realizar una caracterizaci?n general del campo acad?mico e identificar componentes relevantes en esta ?rea de estudio (palabras clave de b?squeda, pa?ses que generan investigaci?n en el ?rea de los sistemas de salud). Posteriormente, se realiz? la caracterizaci?n de los modelos de sistemas de salud de los pa?ses objeto de estudio y una comparaci?n entre los mismos. Las variables que se usaron para caracterizar y comparar fueron los actores inmersos dentro su funcionamiento sistem?tico siendo ?rgano rector, ?rganos de vigilancia, modo de financiamiento, modelo base de salud adaptado, tipo de cobertura de la poblaci?n e indicadores en cuanto a desempe?o del sistema de salud. Dentro de los resultados obtenidos se destaca que Colombia posee un sistema de salud similar a la mayor?a de los sistemas de salud estudiados, en cuanto a estructura, administraci?n, forma de financiamiento y modelo base de sistema adaptado ya sea el Bismarck, Beveridge o Modelo de seguro privado, dicha similitud se presenta principalmente con los sistemas de los pa?ses de Alemania, B?lgica, Brasil y Chile. Pero existe una gran brecha en base a indicadores de rendimiento, ya que posee los rendimientos m?s deficientes seg?n los an?lisis realizados.The characterization of the models of health systems applied worldwide was carried out, as well as the theoretical elements proposed for the configuration of the same. For its realization, the secondary information sources, the academic publications, the scientific bases, such as Scopus, Scielo and Pubmed, and the websites of the countries studied and the World Health Organization. Initially, a general bibliometric analysis was carried out through network theory, to make a general characterization of the academic field and identify the relevant parts in this area of study (search keywords, countries that respond to research in the area of health systems). Subsequently, the characterization of the health systems models of the countries under study and a comparison between them was carried out. The variables that were used to characterize and compare were the actors immersed in its systematic functioning (Rector Body, oversight bodies, financing mode, adapted health model, type of population coverage and indicators regarding the capacity of the Health). Within the results, it is highlighted that Colombia has a health system similar to the health systems studied, in terms of structure, administration, form of financing and base model of adapted system like Bismarck, Beveridge, or Insurance Private Model). That similarity is mainly with the healthcare systems of Germany, Belgium, Brazil and Chile. However, there is a large gap based on the performance indicators, since it has the poorest returns according to the analysis carried out.