Policy assignment 2

Assignment: Healthcare Around the World

"The American healthcare system is the best in the world."

"Everybody eventually gets the care they need."

"Almost always the quality of care people get is very good."

"The cost of care in America is not really a problem."

"If you like your care, nothing about it will change.”

Which statements are true? Which are false?

According to Dr. William Roper, these are common myths and misconceptions about the U.S. healthcare system. During his presentation at a conference at Emory University in 2011, Dr. Roper, Dean of the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and CEO of UNC Health Care System, explains why each statement is not true and what the future holds for U.S. healthcare. You can watch his presentation on YouTube. The link is provided in the Learning Resources area (under Required Media).

The purpose of this Assignment is for you to compare the U.S. healthcare system to the healthcare systems of at least two other countries on dimensions of performance, specifically access, affordability, quality and safety, efficiency, and health outcomes.

To prepare for this Assignment:

· Select two countries to compare to the U.S. Choose one developed country and one developing country for comparison.

· Read Chapter 2: Health, Health Care, and the Market Economy (Barr, 2016), specifically pages 24–41, located in the Learning Resources.

· Read Factors associated with multiple barriers to access to primary care: An international analysis (Corscadden, Levesque, Lewis, Strumpf, Breton, & Russell, 2018). Located in the Learning Resources area.

· Read Mirror, mirror on the wall: How the performance of the U.S. health care system compares internationally (Davis, Kristof, Squires, & Schoen, 2014). Located in the Learning Resources area.

· Carefully read the instructions for completing the Healthcare Around the World Template, located in the Required Learning Resources area.

To complete this Assignment:

Complete the Healthcare Around the World Template, located in the Required Learning Resources area.

Support the narrative portion of the template with in-text citations and references from specific Learning Resources and outside scholarly sources.

By Day 7 of Week 5

Submit your Assignment.

Required readings:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yJqAdfO2wk

https://class.content.laureate.net/c0f71ee6d82076afbb3ad3902010ac53.pdf

https://www-ncbi-nlm-nih-gov.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/pmc/articles/PMC5819269/

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/sites/default/files/documents/___media_files_publications_fund_report_2014_jun_1755_davis_mirror_mirror_2014.pdf

https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20160229.053330/full/

https://revcycleintelligence.com/news/healthcare-costs-affordability-a-major-challenge-for-patients

https://www.news-medical.net/health/Disparities-in-Access-to-Health-Care.aspx

https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/costly-colonoscopy-leads-delay-diagnosis

https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/dashboard/#access-affordability