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Health Status and Health Care Services in France with comparison to the United States
HCA 302 Healthcare Organization
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Table of Contents
Introduction 3
Population and Health Status…………………………………………………………………………………………..
Demographic characteristics of population
Mortality, Infant mortality data, causes of death
Other data of health status
Related information (such as on quality if life); analysis
Availability of Health Services
Basic organization/general description of services institutions, providers of care
Issues related to access
Utilization of services (data, if available)
Other related information/analysis
Expenditures
How are health services paid for; any roles for the government here
Data on total expenditures
Other related information/analysis
Macroenvironmental influences on the health care system
Political
Socioeconomic
Cultural
Technological/Other relevant influences
Summary comments
Problems
Opportunities
Other related comments regarding this country 's health care services
Comparison to the United States: what works better, what is not working as well………………………………….
Concluding comments: Lessons learned for the U. S., other countries………………………………………………
References (required)………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Introduction (Final Paper may read “Executive Summary”)
Initial Introduction: The costs of good healthcare in US compared to some other nations may still be very high. This paper attempts to show how the socialized French health care may be far more effective in terms of affordability and accessibility as compared to the US health care. Despite spending a large part of the GDP, US may not have been able to achieve the same effectiveness as the French healthcare system. This paper while making a comparative analysis of the two systems highlights those points where US may have to learn from France at making healthcare
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