comparative project

U.S

U.K

· In U.S Healthcare payment is catered for highly by government initiated programmes for example Medicaid.

· In the U.K healthcare is funded highly by taxation through the National Health Services.

· Here there is no shortage of health staff as there are adequate doctors, nurses, and other medical practitioners.

· There is a shortage of health workers in the UK a thing that has led to the vast advertising of job opportunities for health practitioners.

· The medical practitioners are highly trained hence effective.

· The medical practitioners are highly trained hence effective.

· The sources of finance are government programs, private health insurance plan, and personal funds.

· Government contribution caters for a great percentage of patients thus patients only chip in small amounts for the private health facilities.

· They embrace teamwork for example between departments

· They embrace teamwork for example between departments

· They are well equipped with having the best technological equipment’s.

· They have adopted advanced technologies.

· They work hand in hand with the educational facilities in doing research hence they are up to date.

· Work together with colleges and universities in research.

· They have laws that govern both the private and public sectors.

The government enforces these laws

· The government controls the healthcare sector.

The government helps in subsidizing the cost in private facilities.

· Worker compensation insurance exists in the US

· Healthcare workers compensation is mandatory in the UK.

· Healthcare is advanced in rural areas just as that in urban areas.

· Healthcare is not highly advanced in rural areas as compared to urban areas.

· Specialists have been posted in both the urban and rural areas.

· access for patients and practitioners to specialist services in rural areas is hard

· Infrastructure is developed in rural areas hence ease of patients and practitioners in accessing the health facilities

· physical distance also deters patients in rural areas from accessing health facilities