Comparing Health Care Systems between Canada and the United Arab Emirates
Running Head: COMPARING HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS
Comparing Health Care Systems Between Canada & The United Arab Emirates
Mahmoud Shehada
York University
Submitted to: Prof. Robert Despatie
There are many differences between the healthcare systems in the United Arab Emirates and Canada. While both countries provide comprehensive healthcare for its citizens, the characteristics of the said countries differ greatly mainly due to its population dynamics. In addition, in terms of development, the UAE has not reached the state that the Canadian health care sector is currently in. Keeping the population size in mind, it is no surprise that Canada’s expenditure is much larger than the United Arab Emirates. Even though both countries are in different stages of development, one could forecast that when the UAE’s development is at par with Canada, its expenditure will be used in a significantly more efficient manner. In order to analyze this, the expenditure per capita, number of hospitals and number of certified doctors will be evaluated from an economic perspective.
Before going into the economic details of how both health care systems are established, the historical development of each health care system must first be made clear. In Canada during 1867 the responsibility of initiating, handling and maintaining any health care institution was the sole responsibility of the provincial government. The federal government, however, controlled the marine hospitals and quarantine. Funding and delivery of health care in Canada, prior to World War II was mainly private. The first provincial hospital insurance program in Canada was established in 1947 by “The father of Medicare”, Tommy Douglas. The concept of a provincial hospital insurance program caught on to other provinces inviting them to slowly grasp the same concept in developing provincial hospital insurance programs. The major changes that occurred in the Canadian health care system were in the 1960’s and 1970’s.
Comparing Health Care Systems Between Canada & The United Arab Emirates
Mahmoud Shehada
York University
Submitted to: Prof. Robert Despatie
There are many differences between the healthcare systems in the United Arab Emirates and Canada. While both countries provide comprehensive healthcare for its citizens, the characteristics of the said countries differ greatly mainly due to its population dynamics. In addition, in terms of development, the UAE has not reached the state that the Canadian health care sector is currently in. Keeping the population size in mind, it is no surprise that Canada’s expenditure is much larger than the United Arab Emirates. Even though both countries are in different stages of development, one could forecast that when the UAE’s development is at par with Canada, its expenditure will be used in a significantly more efficient manner. In order to analyze this, the expenditure per capita, number of hospitals and number of certified doctors will be evaluated from an economic perspective.
Before going into the economic details of how both health care systems are established, the historical development of each health care system must first be made clear. In Canada during 1867 the responsibility of initiating, handling and maintaining any health care institution was the sole responsibility of the provincial government. The federal government, however, controlled the marine hospitals and quarantine. Funding and delivery of health care in Canada, prior to World War II was mainly private. The first provincial hospital insurance program in Canada was established in 1947 by “The father of Medicare”, Tommy Douglas. The concept of a provincial hospital insurance program caught on to other provinces inviting them to slowly grasp the same concept in developing provincial hospital insurance programs. The major changes that occurred in the Canadian health care system were in the 1960’s and 1970’s.
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