Introduction and General State of Healthcare

IHP 501 Final Project One Milestone One Guidelines and Rubric

Introduction and General State of Healthcare Overview: The focus of this module is on the structure of healthcare delivery systems across the world and the role of political policy on healthcare and its constituents. For Final Project One, you will develop a profile of a non-U.S. country based on your assessment of the country’s population health and healthcare system. Your country profile will examine the impact of economics, culture, and social factors on population health and examine three health issues. To begin this project, you must first identify your country and three health issues for analysis. Your instructor must approve the issues you propose in this milestone for use in Final Project One. Prompt: After reviewing the Final Project One Guidelines and Rubric document, choose a country to assess for your final project. Develop a profile of the country beginning with your rationale for choosing the country. Examine the contextual details of the selected country, including demographic data. Next, describe the general state of healthcare. Identify three major health-related issues plaguing the country and briefly describe them. Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

I. Introduction A. State the purpose of the country profile and explain why you chose to write about this country in particular. B. Identify appropriate details needed for an analysis of the state of healthcare in your chosen country. Your discussion should include but is not

limited to population, type of government and the state of governmental affairs, geographic location, and climate.

II. General State of Healthcare A. Determine the main health-related issues in the country through an assessment of its recent history and current events for indicators of the

state of healthcare affairs in the country, using data from a reputable health organization as a starting point for your research. B. Evaluate the country’s current structure for providing healthcare to its populations to determine whether the existing structure is sufficient for

supporting healthcare improvements.

Rubric Guidelines for Submission: Your paper must be submitted as a 3- to 5-page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and at least three sources cited in APA format.

Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (75%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Introduction: Purpose

States the purpose of the paper and explains why the country was chosen

States the purpose of the paper, but statement is cursory, contains inaccuracies, or does not explain why the country was chosen

Does not state the purpose of the paper 15

Introduction: Country Details

Identifies appropriate details needed for an analysis of the state of healthcare in the chosen country, including population, type of government and the state of governmental affairs, geographic location, and climate

Identifies details for an analysis of the state of healthcare in the chosen country but the identification is not appropriate, is missing key inclusions, or contains inaccuracies

Does not identify details for an analysis of the state of healthcare in the chosen country

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General State of Healthcare:

Health-Related Issues

Determines the main health-related issues in the country through an assessment of its recent history and current events for indicators of the state of healthcare affairs in the country, using data from a reputable health organization as support

Determines health-related issues in the country through an assessment of its recent history and current events for indicators of the state of healthcare affairs in the country, but determination is not focused or contains inaccuracies, assessment is cursory, or the data used is not from a reputable health organization or lacks support entirely

Does not determine health-related issues in the country

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General State of Healthcare:

Current Structure

Evaluates the country’s current structure for providing healthcare to its populations and determines whether the existing structure is sufficient for supporting healthcare improvements

Evaluates the country’s structure for providing healthcare to its populations and determines whether the existing structure is sufficient for supporting healthcare improvements, but the structure evaluated is out-of-date, the evaluation or determination is cursory, or response contains inaccuracies

Does not evaluate the country’s structure for providing healthcare to its populations

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Articulation of Response

Submission has no major errors related to APA citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization and follows the guidelines for submission

Submission follows guidelines but has major errors related to APA citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas

Submission does not follow guidelines and has critical errors related to APA citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas

10

Total 100%