Healthcare Assignment: Performance Data Analysis
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Running head: HEALTHCARE PERFORMANCE DATA ANALYSISHEALTHCARE PERFORMANCE DATA ANALYSISName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor Notes
1HEALTHCARE PERFORMANCE DATA ANALYSISExecutive summaryThis report provides a comparison of the healthcare performance data of Australia and Canada.The Australian government is responsible for healthcare services and involves the federal, stateor territory and local. It provides the Medicare benefits scheme and the pharmaceutical benefitsscheme. Local governments also play an important role in preventative care and communityhealth improvement. In Canada the provinces and the territories play an important role inorganizing and delivering healthcare services to the population. The Canada health Act forms thebasis of the healthcare services in Canada. The federal government maintains the safety andefficacy of the healthcare services and also funds research. However, although there aresimilarities between the healthcare systems, Australia is far ahead than Canada with respect topatient access and favorable patient outcomes.
2HEALTHCARE PERFORMANCE DATA ANALYSISTable of ContentsIntroduction......................................................................................................................................3Funding systems and % GDP spent.................................................................................................4Population health indicators............................................................................................................8Maternal Mortality Rate..............................................................................................................8Infant mortality rate.....................................................................................................................9Life Expectancy at birth.............................................................................................................10Health system performance indicators...........................................................................................11Low birth weight........................................................................................................................11Obesity.......................................................................................................................................13Diabetes.....................................................................................................................................13Asthma.......................................................................................................................................14Hypertension..............................................................................................................................15Cancer........................................................................................................................................17Management of quality and safety in health systems....................................................................18Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................19Reference List................................................................................................................................21
3HEALTHCARE PERFORMANCE DATA ANALYSISIntroductionAnalysis of healthcare data is highly important as it helps to determine and measure theefficiency of the healthcare sectors (Who.int, 2017). It is necessary to identify the opportunitieswith respect to reducing the costs, bringing about improvements in quality and monitoring theprogress (Mosadeghrad, 2014; pp. 77). Regional health improvement collaborative plays animportant role in providing information with regards to health of a population, quality ofhealthcare, costs associated with the delivery of healthcare services, health promotion strategiesand innovative methods of healthcare delivery (Nrhi.org, 2017). The performance measurementsof a healthcare sector is based on quality of the healthcare services, cost or funding of thehealthcare services, performance disparities, experiences of patients with regards to care, qualityof the services provided by physicians and the quality of the healthcare plan provided by thehealthcare organizations keeping in mind the status of the population and performance healthindicators (Mossialos, Wenzl, Osborn & Anderson, 2016).Australia’s healthcare system sets as an example for the Canadian healthcare system. TheAustralian healthcare systems are far reaching and are superior in quality as compared to theCanadian healthcare systems with respect to access and favorable patient outcomes (Collier,2013, pp. E251-252). Canada spends a huge amount of money in the healthcare sectors butpatients in Canada have to wait for a long time to obtain their treatments, thereby increasing thepatient waiting times (Marchildon, 2013). The health system of Australia has been ranked secondin the World after the United Kingdom, while it ranks first with respect to health outcomes andadministrative efficiency (Commonwealthfund.org, 2017).The data was collected using
4HEALTHCARE PERFORMANCE DATA ANALYSISgovernment websites of Canada and Australia and also from the websites of the World HealthOrganization, Commonwealth organization and World Bank. (Perfect introduction)This report provides a health performance comparison between Australia and Canada based onFunding systems and % GDP spent on the healthcare sectors, population health indicators andhealth system performance indicators. Finally, it provides an overall comparison of thehealthcare systems of the two countries.1.Funding systems and % GDP spentCanada’s healthcare system is publicly funded and is dynamic with its universal coveragewhich is provided to all individuals with respect to provision of medical treatments (Canada.ca,2016). The principle of the health coverage system is based on need rather than the ability of anindividual to pay for the healthcare services (Health.gov.bc.ca, 2017). The public funding of thehealthcare system is carried out by obtaining revenues through provincial, territorial and federaltaxations. The territories and provinces obtain financial support from the Canada Health Act.Moreover, the Canada Health Act also provides funding for the provision and delivery ofprimary and other supplementary services to the citizens, members of the Canadian forces,veterans who are eligible, refugees and federal penitentiaries inmates(International.commonwealthfund.org, 2016). In order to support the publicly funded healthcaresystems, the Government carries out tax and cash transfers through the Canada Health Transfer(Marchildon & Mou, 2014; pp. 209-223). Moreover, the Government also provides Equalizationpayments and territorial financing to the healthcare organizations of the less developed provincesand territories. The health expenditures vary in the various territories and provinces of Canada
5HEALTHCARE PERFORMANCE DATA ANALYSISdue to the differences in the quality of services provided (International.commonwealthfund.org,2016). The Canadian Government provides funding for medical treatments and preventative careand health insurance coverage to all individuals irrespective of income, standard of living andmedical history. Canada department of health protects and promotes the health by usingregulatory and legislative frameworks in order to mitigate the health risks and identifying thehealth benefits (Healthycanadians.gc.ca, 2016). Health insurance is governed by the territories and provinces and a healthcare thatprovides health coverage only to the individual residing in the particular province or territory.Provinces like the British Columbia, Ontario and Alberta require healthcare premiums for thehealthcare services provided to the residential population. However, individuals are not deniedtheir due healthcare servicesdue to inability to pay premiums(Canadian-healthcare.org, 2017).Additional services provided are coverage for physiotherapy, prescription medicines and alsodental coverage. Private health insurance are also offered as benefit packages for employees andincentives are provided for dental and vision care (Morgan, Law Daw Abraham & Martin, 2015;pp. 491-497). In 2014, the total expenditure on healthcare represented as percentage GDP wasfound to be 10.4%, 11.1% in the year 2016 and in 2017, the total healthcare expenditure inCanada was 242 billion dollars and health spending was 11.5% of Canada’s gross domesticproduct or GDP. Similar to Canada, the Australian healthcare system is publicly funded with the help ofgeneral taxations (Commonwealthfund.org, 2017). The Medicare services provide universalaccess to individuals with regards to free treatments in public hospitals and also help to obtainsubsidies for various healthcare services (Hall, 2015; pp. 493-497). The healthcare expenditurerepresents 9% of the GDP. The federal Government system of Australia is supported by the
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