Health Status and Health Care Services in China with Comparison to the United States
Health Status and Health Care Services in China with comparison to the United States
HSM310 Introduction to Health Services Management Course Project
December 12, 2010
A health care system refers to the comprehensive organization, structures and strategies through which Medicare and health care is made available by the government to its citizens. A health care system is a product of countries politics. It is a nations system of governance that will dictate upon the most convenient model of health care to adopt. There is no universally acceptable method, and in adopting each; a government has to take into account a variety of factors, which would range from available finances vis-a-vis the total population. A comparison of two models of health care or two countries approach to the provision of health services has to encompass the core issues of financing and health care management. Health sector is the most vital industry in a country and how effectively or ineffectively it is handled goes forth to reveal the social, political and economic policies of a country towards its citizens. A biggest investment of a government has to be in its people and what better way to do it than to invest in the health sector. The purpose of this paper is to focus at the comparison of the United States health care system with that of China. It will focus at financing and management of both systems, how they compare and contrast as well as the merits and demerits of each. Despite the fact that United States spends the most in health care in proportion to its gross domestic product, it is among the nations in the developed world that lack a comprehensive health care.
Provision of health care in the United States remains the reserve of some several entities that are recognized and mandated by the law to carry out such services. Around 16% of the GDP in the United States is usually channeled towards health care and according to budgetary estimates; this figure will have
HSM310 Introduction to Health Services Management Course Project
December 12, 2010
A health care system refers to the comprehensive organization, structures and strategies through which Medicare and health care is made available by the government to its citizens. A health care system is a product of countries politics. It is a nations system of governance that will dictate upon the most convenient model of health care to adopt. There is no universally acceptable method, and in adopting each; a government has to take into account a variety of factors, which would range from available finances vis-a-vis the total population. A comparison of two models of health care or two countries approach to the provision of health services has to encompass the core issues of financing and health care management. Health sector is the most vital industry in a country and how effectively or ineffectively it is handled goes forth to reveal the social, political and economic policies of a country towards its citizens. A biggest investment of a government has to be in its people and what better way to do it than to invest in the health sector. The purpose of this paper is to focus at the comparison of the United States health care system with that of China. It will focus at financing and management of both systems, how they compare and contrast as well as the merits and demerits of each. Despite the fact that United States spends the most in health care in proportion to its gross domestic product, it is among the nations in the developed world that lack a comprehensive health care.
Provision of health care in the United States remains the reserve of some several entities that are recognized and mandated by the law to carry out such services. Around 16% of the GDP in the United States is usually channeled towards health care and according to budgetary estimates; this figure will have
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