Healthcare System Assessment

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Table of Contents
Abstract.....................................................................................3
Introduction................................................................................3
Health System Performance.............................................................4
Health Framework used in the Analysis of Performance...........................10
Comparison of Health Systems of Australia and China............................12
Conclusion.................................................................................15
References................................................................................17

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Healthcare System Assessment
Abstract
Healthcare is an important component that determines the wellbeing of human beings.
The assessment of the health system essential in determining the quality of services delivered
to people in the health facilities. high-quality service delivery improves patient outcomes and
performance of the health system. Australia has been ranked the second country in the world
with quality healthcare provision and performance. Medicare services provided in the country
has created equality in healthcare delivery. access to primary healthcare has also improved
due to the Medicare services in the country. for example, the indigenous communities of
Australia have received quality health-care like the indigenous communities. the assessment
of the health system is based on the performance domains like efficiency, health status, health
determinants and access to healthcare. this framework was obtained from the WHO proposals
for improving the quality of healthcare in the world. a comparison of the health systems
between Australia is also made based on the efficiency of the health service provided in the
two countries. a conceptual framework is used to assess the performance of the health system
in Australia.
Introduction
The assessment of the healthcare systems in a country is important in determining the
quality of healthcare services provided to the patients based on their feedback. This paper
analyses the healthcare systems of Australia and China. A comparison of the nature of
healthcare systems of the two countries based on the patient outcomes (Abubakar, 2015, p.
39). Australia has been ranked among the top most countries with developed healthcare
systems in the world. The introduction and implementation of the Medicare services in the

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country ensure have ensured that universal healthcare is provided to all people regardless of
their nationalities. On the other hand, the Chinese government has made a lot of improvement
in improving the quality of the primary healthcare services to ensure quality practices in the
healthcare systems. This paper provides an overview of the healthcare performance in
Australia and compares it with the performances of China.
A framework is used in the assessment of the healthcare system performance in the
two countries to obtain the outcomes based on the quality of services delivered in the
countries. The framework is pivotal in ensuring quality performance in the healthcare
systems and overcoming the barriers caused by the health issues observed in the two
countries. Governance is identified as the appropriate framework to be used in the assessment
of the quality of services provided in the healthcare systems (Ahmed, Rajagopalan, and
Fuller, 2015, p. 34). An assessment table is also provided as a reference to healthcare
performance. The assessment table contains some of the indicators used in the evaluation of
the healthcare systems in comparison with the selected country.
Healthcare System Performance
The performance of healthcare systems in Australia has been focusing at improving
the wellbeing and equality among all people in the country through the provision of universal
healthcare to all people (Australian Institute of Health, 2012, p. 65). The assessment of the
performance majorly focuses on the leadership styles used in the healthcare systems (James
and Savitz, 2011, p. 1194). The operations of the healthcare systems are managed by the
government under three different levels in Australia. For example, the federal government
has different roles as compared to those undertaken by state and local government. The
Australian government is has ensured an effective provision of healthcare services to the
people to ensure appropriate care and achievement of the desired patient outcomes in the