Comparative Analysis of Healthcare Systems

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Healthcare Systems
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Introduction
Health system refers to an organization of health professionals that are geared towards
achieving a common health goal. Health system plays an important role in ensuring that health
care services are delivered as stipulated within the universal health care policies. Healthcare
system also functions to pull together resources that ensure there is effective and equitable
distribution of these resources for the benefit of citizens. Some of the resources that health
system help distributes include human resources and medical financial resources. There are
many different types of the health care system in society today and work parallel to each other
but ensures the goal of health care is delivered to citizens. Some the example of the health care
system is the Australian health care system, Switzerland private health care system and Saudi
Arabia health care system. These health care systems have a different structure, governance, and
functions that enable these systems to work and realize a better clinical outcome. The analysis of
the working framework of the health care system can take the form of efficiency, effectiveness,
and equity that result in better service delivery. The following paper explores three contrasting
healthcare systems and their functions that ensure quality health outcomes.
1.The three Health systems
There are many different healthcare systems that exist in many different countries. This
health system works either collaboratively or parallel to ensure delivery of health outcomes.
Some of the three healthcare systems are the Australian health care system, Switzerland health
care system and Saudi Arabia health system.

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1.1 Australian healthcare system
The Australian health system is the health system that composes of major public and
private health facilities, community-based organizations own by the government and territorial
governments. The services that are offered in public healthcare systems are mainly free or at a
lower cost and this is to help provide universal health care to all citizens. The Australian health
system is more inclusive in the provision of health service as compared to other systems. This is
based on the management that is done through the government and most of the health
practitioners that work in other health care systems are also part of the public employment
(Lennox, Doyle, Reed & Bell, 2017).
The governance of the healthcare system is mainly headed by the cabinet in charge of
health at the top of the hierarchy. Below the cabinet minister is federal health minister for health
that governs the health in the whole country. State health minister oversees the public health
system within the states level. Under the state, the ministry is the state ran facilities that include
state age care, public community health services, public hospitals and public dental service
(Paina & David, 2011). The structure of the Australian health system is divided into four
different aspects and each forms a key component of the system. The Australian health care
system is divided into the federal level; state level, local level and funding (NHFB, 2016).
Firstly, at the top of the hierarchy is the federal ministry of health that is the overall public health
system. The federal level is the national level health system that ensures that all other health
elements work to provide universal health care services to citizens. The federal level of the
health is headed by the cabinet in charge of health. Secondly, the state government also has the
cabinet minister in charge of health. The ministry of health has various public healthcare
facilities that operate within the state level. The state government avail funds to various public

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hospitals and other health care facilities. These facilities include community health facilities,
hospitals, and dental health facilities. The funding in the public health system is majorly done
through the government using Medicare. The government uses the tax to fund the medical
services for its citizens. Lastly, there is a territorial health management system that ensures
effective public health care services at the local level. Below the state government health
minister are various health governing bodies such as regulatory bodies, community health and
health facilities (Bennet, Irene, Kabir, Kara, Freddie & Gilson, 2011).