Comparison of Six Major Health Care Systems
Introduction
Health care systems are essential organizations in each country to ensure that there is delivery of health care services to individuals in need. The comparison of six major health care systems offers valuable insight about how different health care systems operate and how health care is delivered around the world. Exploring various aspects of different health care systems provides understanding about why some health care systems are at a greater advantage than others. Each country’s health care system will be evaluated in terms of the type of model, type of system, quality and satisfaction, health care expenditure, life expectancy, and mortality. These areas will help to determine the …show more content…
While in other countries, such as the United States, most people both obtain and pay for their care through private organizations (Bodenheimer & Grumbach, 2009). This paper will compare the health care systems of six nations: Canada, France, Germany, Japan, United Kingdom (U.K.) and United States (U.S.). These six nations are all part of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Each nation exists at a different location of the universal health care spectrum (Bodenheimer & Grumbach, 2009). Every single one of these nations also operates under one of the three main types of health care models in Europe, the U. S. and Japan.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), health care systems in various countries are greatly influenced by underlying morals and norms dominant in the individual cultures (Lameire, Joffe, & Wiedemann, 1999). Therefore, health care systems are different around the world and are strongly affected by each country’s unique customs, history and political structure. Based on their financial source, the three main models of health care are the Beveridge Model, Bismarck Model and Private Insurance Model (Lameire, et al.,
Introduction
Health care systems are essential organizations in each country to ensure that there is delivery of health care services to individuals in need. The comparison of six major health care systems offers valuable insight about how different health care systems operate and how health care is delivered around the world. Exploring various aspects of different health care systems provides understanding about why some health care systems are at a greater advantage than others. Each country’s health care system will be evaluated in terms of the type of model, type of system, quality and satisfaction, health care expenditure, life expectancy, and mortality. These areas will help to determine the …show more content…
While in other countries, such as the United States, most people both obtain and pay for their care through private organizations (Bodenheimer & Grumbach, 2009). This paper will compare the health care systems of six nations: Canada, France, Germany, Japan, United Kingdom (U.K.) and United States (U.S.). These six nations are all part of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Each nation exists at a different location of the universal health care spectrum (Bodenheimer & Grumbach, 2009). Every single one of these nations also operates under one of the three main types of health care models in Europe, the U. S. and Japan.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), health care systems in various countries are greatly influenced by underlying morals and norms dominant in the individual cultures (Lameire, Joffe, & Wiedemann, 1999). Therefore, health care systems are different around the world and are strongly affected by each country’s unique customs, history and political structure. Based on their financial source, the three main models of health care are the Beveridge Model, Bismarck Model and Private Insurance Model (Lameire, et al.,