Comparative Analysis of Healthcare Systems: Trinidad vs. United States

This report provides a comparative analysis of the healthcare systems in Trinidad and the United States, focusing on various aspects such as health outcomes, economic factors, and policy implications. The study highlights the differences in healthcare approaches, including the two-tier system in Trinidad and the hybrid system in the US. It examines factors such as obesity rates, life expectancy, and mortality rates to assess the effectiveness of each system. The report also delves into the influence of cultural and lifestyle factors, like dietary habits and work-life balance, on the health of the populations. Additionally, the study explores the impact of government policies, healthcare spending, and access to care on public health. The report references several studies and resources to support its findings, including the impacts of health insurance coverage, systems thinking, and the use of health promotion theories like health belief and social cognitive theories in the context of Trinidad and the United States. Overall, the report aims to offer a comprehensive understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of each healthcare system and their impact on the well-being of their respective populations.

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In context of Trinidad, they operates with Two Tier Healthcare systems in which
government provide basic medical facilities to people and secondary care of tier exists for those
who pay extra money for better quality and faster access of services (Sommers, Gawande and
Baicker, 2017). However, 36.2% of adults are obese whereas 18.6& people are obese in
Trinidad. Moreover, United States has 39.6% of top tax rate and 25.5& in Trinidad. By analysing
political, cultural, wealth, history and environmental factors of Trinidad, it is determine that
people will die 7.27 years sooner and elderly individuals be 46.77% less likely to be unemployed
and make 61.55% less money as compared to U.S. In US, around 14.0 women per 1000 births
die during childbirth whereas 63.0 females do same on Trinidad.
The 5.8 children die before reaching age of 1 year in US and 22.3 kids do same in
Trinidad. Disease management in not appropriate in Trinidad as they spend 89.08% less money
on health care as compared to US as people in Trinidad be 207 times more likely to have
HIV/AIDS (RILEY and et. al., 2017). Trinidad focus on theories of underdevelopment,
development and colonialism to use their important concepts to develop effective healthcare
policies health promotion. In United States, health belief theory and social cognitive theory is
used to conduct health promotion practices. In Trinidad, food habits and styles consist choices
like Indian food like flatbread, vegetables and chicken with commercial life of importing and
exporting which impact on their health.
In context of United States, the fast lifestyle of people include regular intake of smoke,
alcohol and fast food with less sleep and rest which impacts negatively on their health. The US
healthcare systems is a hybrid systems with multi-payer universal health insurance fund in order
to provide health insurance, healthcare insurance plans, Medicare, Medicaid, veterinary care and
military care to overall population. Two Tier Healthcare system in Trinidad provide basic care
and provide better quality through additional paid money by capable people. Healthcare systems
of both countries are working to promote health and improving well-being of citizens (Shelton
and Schellin, 2016).

References
Books and journals
Sommers, B. D., Gawande, A. A. and Baicker, K., 2017. Health insurance coverage and health—
what the recent evidence tells us.
RILEY, B. L. and et. al., 2017. Systems Thinking and Dissemination and Implementation
Research. Dissemination and implementation research in health: Translating science to
practice, p.143.
Shelton IV, F.E. and Schellin, E.A., Ethicon Endo-Surgery LLC, 2016. Closure indicator
systems for surgical instruments. U.S. Patent 9,445,813.
Online
Cost of living comparison. 2018. [Online]. Available through:
<https://www.mylifeelsewhere.com/cost-of-living/united-states/trinidad-and-tobago>