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04/15/2019

Comparison between United States, Canada and Germany.

Compare a foreign country's quality of care to the United States' quality of care.

United States spends most of its money every year on health care services as compared to other countries, (Harris-Kojetin, et al., 2016). Although the outcome is not that good. The United States puts more resources and funds into healthcare more than Canada, (Burns, et al., 2016). Patient care in Canada is higher as compared to the United States. There is also a difference in low infant mortality rate and higher life expectancy in Canada as compared to the United States.

No barrier for residents of Germany to access healthcare. The trains in Germany are convenient and efficient throughout Germany. Access to medical care in the United States is difficult, especially in rural areas. In addition, Germany suffers from moral hazards, lack of knowledge or the desire to understand healthcare.

Compare a foreign country's cost of health care to the United States' cost of health care.

The healthcare system in Canada and the united states is very different. Canada has a publicly funded system and single payer while the United States has multiplayer. The Canada healthcare Act states that all residents should have a public insurance plan. They ensure that all citizens have medical coverage and can be treated anywhere in the country with any hospital or doctor. Therefore, there is no financial barrier to access healthcare services in Canada as compared to the United States. German is more compelling in comparison with the United States in regard to low expenses, financial hinderance does not exist, more administration is given. Germany has a lower child death as compared to the United States, (Heyer, et al., 2016).

Compare 1 of the foreign countries' access to medical care to the United States' access to medical care.

Canada healthcare services can easily be accessed while in the United States one in five people are not insured. Healthcare in Canada is more equitable as compared to that of the United States. The United States offers a platinum plan, a policy where one pays 60& of the bill or cheapo bronze policy, (Coyte & McKeever, 2016). The health care policies in the United States has led to inequality. Healthcare in the United States is said to be unreliable. Benefits of healthcare highly depend on how much one spends on healthcare, how old someone is, where they live as well as their occupation.

Examples of World Health Organization (WHO) help to provide health care in times of need

WHO provides help in situations such as natural disasters such as the earthquake that happened in Haiti in the year 2010, Ebola outbreak in Liberia in 2015 and the Cholera outbreak that happened in Mozambique in 2015. The organization provides funds for research in health care issues or crisis. For example, research on infectious diseases and come up with treatment measures, vaccines, and preventive ways. It funds medical and health researches whose findings, recommendation or results are important in times of disaster example include researches on transmitted diseases and looking for vaccines, treatment and ways to prevent the disease from spreading, (Kamradt-Scott, 2016). The organization advocates for consistence resources and political support to prepare, and respond to disasters. Places like Haiti and Japan have experienced disaster before and are prone to disasters. In conclusion, the organization has built partnerships for emergency management and confirms that they are coordinated.

Reference

Burns, E. R., Stevens, J. A., & Lee, R. (2016). The direct costs of fatal and non-fatal falls among older adults—United States. Journal of safety research, 58, 99-103.