Health System Analysis: United States vs. Other Countries

This report analyzes health systems, with a particular focus on universal healthcare and rationing of resources. It explores the concept of 'gold standards' in healthcare, examining how countries like the United Kingdom, Canada, France, and Germany provide comprehensive care and eliminate barriers to access. The report highlights the higher per capita health expenditure in the United States and its implications, suggesting a need for improved universal coverage. It also discusses the practice of rationing in different countries, contrasting the approaches of the United States with those of other nations. The United States government provides rationing of resources to improve the ease of accessing health care. Several of this means the presence of Medicaid and Medicare. Patients have to wait longer for next day appointments and have to wait for specialty care. The report concludes by emphasizing the importance of effective resource allocation and addressing issues such as unaffordable services and inadequate insurance to improve healthcare outcomes in the United States.

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1) In most of these countries, does universal coverage provide the gold standard of
care?
The highest standard of care is determined by the Gold Standards, a model which
ensures that the health care providers integrate good practices that are made available to all
individuals. The gold standards for provision of universal health care coverage ensures
significant points such as provision of comprehensive care to all, controlled quality of care,
and eliminating all barriers of care (Dávila, Polanco & Segura, 2017). Countries in with top
health care rankings included United Kingdom, Canada, followed by France and Germany.
The universal health care programs in these countries effectively meet the objective of
providing easy access to all citizens of the country. The health expenditure per capita of the
United States is significantly higher than the rest of the countries, indicating failure to
achieve adequate health outcomes in comparison to other countries. The universal health care
program in these countries effectively eliminates the barrier to care, increasing the valuation
to touch the gold standards of care.
2) Does rationing occur in these countries and how is that different from rationing in the
United States?
Artificial restriction of demands or controlled distribution of scarce services, goods and
resources is known as rationing. The provision of rationing is effective in other countries
such as United Kingdom, Canada, Germany and France, as they are leading quality health
care provider in the world. In the United States of America, the government provides
rationing of resources to improve the ease of accessing health care. Several of this means
the presence of Medicaid and Medicare. Patients have to wait longer for next day
appointments and have to wait for specialty care. The United States of America needs to
improve their universal coverage program by ensure adequate rationing of resources and
to address issues such as unaffordable services and inadequate insurance.

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References
Dávila, M. G., Polanco, V. P., & Segura, L. (2017). Governance and Universal Health
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Emanuel, E., Schmidt, H., & Steinmetz, A. (Eds.). (2018). Rationing and resource allocation
in healthcare: Essential readings. Oxford University Press.