Comparison of US and Australian Healthcare Systems

Running head: HEALTH ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE DEVELOPMENT
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Health Administration and Service Development
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HEALTH ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE DEVELOPMENT
US VS AUSRALIA
Task 1
The essay discusses the comparison of the United States system of Healthcare with that
of the Australian health care system. Through the contrast, we find that the Australian uses
mixed market of operating health which is superior because of its development in both access
and equity as opposed to US use which has significant benefits found within the efficiency of the
system.
The health care system used in the US focused on self-provision. It is created in a way
that the Citizens are responsible for the entire cost of health care of their choice. This is initiated
by the great push by the private health sectors. The US personal funding for health is derived
from employment. That is, the employer is making an individual purchase of health insurance.
This indicates that individuals without the job do not have the similar luxury of opportunity. The
establishment of the government-funded scheme that assists people who are unemployed was
implemented in 1965. The scheme enables the elderly to get health care, and the poor are being
financed by the State and Federal governments.
The healthcare system in Australia is designed to combine two essential contributors to
funding, the private sector, and the public sector. The Australian system offers significant public
funds to areas that require adequate need at both State and Federal level. These satisfactory need
services require the use of overall hospital visits and practitioners.

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The healthcare system of Australian has s similar structure of mixed market of health care
as that of the American. This similarity can be seen due to the existence of both private and
public sectors offering funds for the delivery of the healthcare. Even though there is similarity
the market design related to health care, there are differences surrounding the orientation of the
health care system. As opposed to the US, the ideology that surrounds the system of Australian is
that all individuals should possess equal right with regards to health care treatment. This defines
the presence of equity within the systems.
The model of American creates the lack of need and or want by many individuals to
create equity. The American model neglects the use of equity. The reason for this nonexistent of
equity is because of the ideology of the people of US. The ideology exists about independence,
related to the success of the monetary. As the relationship between employment and health
insurance can be seen throughout the system of the American, the feelings of the Americans is
that is their responsibility to look after themselves regarding the health care. By getting lucrative
jobs and thereby enabling access to quality insurance, the system of US promotes and achieves
the self-resilience treasured by the entire society. The problem of this ideology is that many
people in the US do not have insurance, this lead to the reduction in the access of healthcare
services.
While in the context of Australians health care, equity is of better ideological value. The
adequate care policy enables the Australians regardless of their ethnicity, social status and level
of income to get a basic level of fund allocation to their health. The equity concept seen in the
society of Australian is of higher value than that of the US society. Many developed countries,
for example, the United Kingdom, prefer the use of equity with the same approach as that of the
Australia which supports the use of the public health sector instead of the private.