Week 7 Module 2 – Final Paper- Comparison of Health Care US and Other countries
In this final 6-8 page paper, you will compare and contrast at least five major points of the healthcare systems of the USA and THREE other industrialized countries. An excellent resource for this is from the Commonwealth Fund. Click Here (Links to an external site is attached to the drag and drop .) Include, at least, the following content:
1-How are the systems funded?
2-Who is covered? (is there universal coverage?)
3-Is the system socialized? What does that mean?
4-Is there a gatekeeper? are referrals necessary?
5-How is medical education funded? How expensive is nursing education?
6-What are the positive and negative characteristics of each system?