Comparison between Health Funding in the United States and Australia

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Title: Comparison between Health Funding in the United States and Australia
Shan Stephen
Curtin School of Nursing, Curtin University
CMHL1000 Foundations for Professional Health Practice
Amy Pracilio, Lee Fei Sim
22 November 2021
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Contents
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Comparison between Health Funding in the United States and Australia 3
Introduction 3
Health Funding in the United States 3
Health Funding in Australia 4
Health Funding in Australia compared to the United States 4
Contrast of Health care funding in Australia and the United States 5
Conclusion 5
References 6
Appendix 8
Appendix B 11
Appendix C 14
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Comparison Between Health Funding In The United States And Australia
Health is an essential aspect in the life of every human being and every country. Health
systems can effectively meet all the health needs of their citizens by utilizing some of the
available financial resources through health funding (Shrank et al., 2021). However, a lack of
facilitation of the health sectors in any social setup will lead to the downfall of other sectors such
as the political and economic sectors (Shrank et al., 2021). Therefore, the financing factor is
fundamental in impacting health system effectiveness to improve accessibility and delivery of
primary care (Robertson et al., 2016). Different countries have their own healthcare funding
which impact the variation in delivery of quality care to their citizen as the healthcare services.
This funding provides the opportunity to improve delivery of quality care (Corvino & et. al.,
2020). According to Shrank et al. (2021), health funding also helps purchase, pool, and resource
mobilization in a healthcare facility. In the United States, the health funding process is through
government programs such as medicaid and medicare. In Australia, health financing is primarily
through medicare, which permanent residents and all other citizens have access to (AIHW,
2020). Therefore, governments should take the initiative of funding their health systems. From
the research, the comparisons between USA and Australian healthcare funding systems have
many similarities on the health funding process.
Health Funding in the United States
The United States of America’s (USA) healthcare system is through self-provision. The
organization of this system allows citizens of the USA to become responsible for healthcare costs
when in need of healthcare services (Papanicolas et.al., 2018). In USA, there is no any universal
healthcare that can provides healthcare benefits at lower cost or at free of cost. There is need to
pay for the healthcare services to all the citizens who are getting their services (Al Dalbhi & et.
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