7 countries with the most efficient healthcare systems
according to WHO study from 2000 (page 18)
https://www.who.int/healthinfo/paper30.pdf
France, Italy, San Marino, Andorra, Malta, Singapore, Spain
7 countries with most deaths per capita
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
San Marino, Belgium, Andorra, Spain, Italy, UK, France
The overlap is quite surprising. Is there an explanation besides chance?
France public healthcare changed a lot, it went down for 20 years, successive governments handled it with the capitalist logic that, basically, healthcare should be profitable, like any other business. Budget for public hospitals was reduced again and again, the number of available beds was reduced, staff was reduced or not renewed.
I don't think French healthcare ranks #1 today, not even in the top 10. Try to see if you can get your hand on a more recent report.