Brazil Healthcare Case Study

A Comparative Analysis of Health Care Professionals in Brazil to Those in the United States

Chronic and acute illness are extremely serious issues in the United States today. Although the two can go hand-and-hand, there are distinct differences between them. Chronic diseases is a leading causes of death and disability in the United States today. Conditions such as heart disease, stroke, cancer, type 2 diabetes, obesity, and arthritis are known to be among the most common, costly, and preventable of all chronic health problems. Two of the chronic diseases, heart disease and cancer, together accounted for nearly 48% of all deaths (CDC, 2016).

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As a reminder; here are the eight (8) Goals of The Millennium Development for 2015:

According to Mason et al., chronic conditions are the number one cause of death in the United States (Mason et al., 2016 p. 275). These chronic illnesses include pulmonary disease, arthritis, kidney disease, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, neurological disease, alcoholism, mental health disorders, gastroenterology conditions, lupus, liver disease, cancers, and many more. While some conditions have uncontrollable risk factors such as age, genetics, gender, and race, society has a large contribution to these poor health conditions as well. Tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drug use, physical and emotional stress, lack of exercise, sleep deprivation, and poor dietary choices all increase the chance of developing a chronic illness.

I chose to do my research project on the health care systems of Brazil and compare it to our health care system here in the United States of America. I have always been drawn to the country of Brazil and was curious to see what similarities and differences existed if any on the topic of health care. As I investigated further into my research through online articles, news reports and interviews, I became more and more curious as to how an entire country with such a high poverty rate had a successful health care infrastructure. The countries of Brazil and the United States had striking similarities as well as differences that could potentially be criticized or interpreted as negative depending on how one looks at the whole picture.

Universal health care is a system that is operated by one organization. Though it is theoretically plausible for a private group to run a universal health care organization, I will only be discussing universal health care run by one government for it’s whole country. There are three main types of universal health care, however I will be lumping the three together. I will be drawing attention to a few reasons this method of paying for healthcare would be desirable and a few reasons to dislike it.

The lifestyle of many Americans is the primary cause of the majority of illnesses in the United States. The leading causes of disease have been proven to be contributing factors to disease and death in the United States. Chronic diseases are the leading cause of disability as well as death in the United States and are on the rise. 7 out of 10 deaths among Americans each year are from chronic diseases. Heart disease, cancer and stroke account for more than 50% of all deaths each year (Kung, Hoyert, Xu, & Murphy, 2005).

As we are capable of preventing diseases through preventive medicine and advanced technology, the mortality rate of the United States will continue to decline. Although this may be true, macro trends such as illnesses,

Nearly half of all Americans have at least one chronic disease such as heart disease, cancer and diabetes. Chronic disease has an impact on quality and length of life. Chronic diseases are the leading causes of death in the US. According to the CDC seven out of 10 deaths in 2010 were caused by chronic disease with cancer and heart disease responsible for 48% of the deaths. In addition to the human cost there is also a financial toll; chronic disease accounts for over 85% of all health care spending, and contributes to cost to business because of insurance, absenteeism and loss of productivity.

Socialized Healthcare is the act of giving people below the poverty line a way to have health coverage in case of something happening to them or their families. This is not a good idea because these people cannot afford for themselves so why should other people have to pay for them. I am writing this to tell you how “free” healthcare really is not free. The main points I will be covering are The United States’ healthcare system also known as Obamacare, The United Kingdom’s and Brazil’s systems that are failing.

Universal health care refers to a health care delivery system where there is a single payer for services, and that payer is the government. Of course, this requires administration on a local and national level by government agencies and their employees, but the hospitals, physicians and their offices and other health caregivers remain

One of the major global public health challenges of the 21st century is noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). Current global mortality from NCDs remains exceedingly high and continues to increase. According to World Health Organization (WHO) 2014 estimates, 38 million people die around the world each year from NCDs, mainly from cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases, and diabetes1. NCDs are a pressing health concern for the global community. During the creation of the Millennium

Universal healthcare can be defined as a universal insurance of medical services are normally sponsored from a single payer system, and the organization behind the universal healthcare was mainly supported by the government. Universal healthcare is

Thereby, the ability of universal health coverage, is highly recognised when addressing health inequities, social determinants of health and human rights and it is heralded as “ the third global health transition” ( Rodin and deFerranti, 2012). Universal health Coverage is reflected in the UN sustainable development goals and is strongly encouraged due to its ability to provide an umbrella goal by including both, the millennium development goals (MDGS) as well as