U.S Healthcare system

This presentation explores the U.S Healthcare system with a focus on the revolutionary factors, major developments, stakeholders and their roles, cost of the U.S. Healthcare System, United States versus other Healthcare System, reforms and improvements. It also provides recommendations for the adoption of a universal healthcare coverage and access and transition from a market-based healthcare system to an entirely public funded system.

U.S Healthcare system
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Part I: The U.S. Healthcare
System

Introduction
U.S Healthcare system consists of both the private and private entities and organizations.

Revolutionary factors
The three revolutionary factors that contributed to the U.S. Healthcare
system are
• First Marine Hospital
• American Medical Association
• Civil War

Major Development
Identification of one major development from the following:
• Financial- market based system.
• Legal- antitrust laws since the year 1970.
• Ethical- Healthcare Ethics Committees and Institutional Review Boards

Major Development
Identification of one major development from the following:
• Regulatory- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), FDA and NIH.
• Social (customer demand)- healthcare product, governmental subsidies and patients are charged lower price, supply of
the healthcare product and services and the degree of availability of the same to the consumers (Andersen, Davidson &
Baumeister, 2014).

Stakeholders and their roles
Stakeholder roles:
• Healthcare professionals- healthcare professionals are the vital part of the healthcare system that provide the majority of
the healthcare services by having a direct channels of communication with clients.
• Clients (patients)- the clients are second in line for whom the healthcare services are formulated (Groves et al., 2013).

Stakeholders and their roles
Stakeholder roles:
• Government- in the healthcare sector, government provide the funds in the setting up of healthcare organizations, legal
agencies.
• Colleges- colleges are the main source of future minds which if harnessed well can be beneficial for the entire system.
• Healthcare agencies- they can be both private and publicly funded with majority of the services provided by the private
players (Busse, Aboneh & Tefera, 2014).

Part II: Cost of U.S.
Healthcare System

The Cost of the U.S. Healthcare System

The Cost of the U.S. Healthcare System

Part III: United States versus
other Healthcare System-
International perspective

U.S and Canada Healthcare System

Canada Healthcare System

Canada Healthcare System

Part IV: Reforms and
improvements

Healthcare reform

Healthcare reform

Healthcare reform

Conclusion
Recommendation-
• Adoption of a universal healthcare coverage and access is the most suitable way.
• Transition from a market based healthcare system to an entirely public funded system (Berwick & Hackbarth, 2012).
The access to healthcare is not even considering the high costs of healthcare service and it must be replaced with an
affordable healthcare act. The cost of care is rising and for this the public funded system is suitable to improve the present
condition (Berwick & Hackbarth, 2012).

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