Health Status and Health Care Services in China with Comparison to the United States

The U.S. health care system is a scrutinized issue that affects everyone: young, old, rich, and poor. The health care system is comprised of three major components. Since 1973, most Americans have turned to managed-care programs, known as HMOs. The second type of health care offered to Americans is Medicare, health care for the elderly. The third type of health care is Medicaid, a health care program for the poor.

Healthcare is the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of illnesses, diseases, and injuries. It a very important part of everyone 's lives, no matter where they live. Every country has their own type of healthcare that helps take care of the cost of medical attention. There are four models of healthcare systems that every country generally follows. Much government makes changes to the models in order to better accommodate their needs. There are many components and plans in healthcare systems that allow the systems to operate the way they do. The United States and France are two examples of countries with very different

A healthcare system is any type organization of institutions, people and resources that are there to provide a healthcare to the population. In any country healthcare system is very important because the quality of life, productivity of the country and life expectancy is determined by the country's healthcare system. Each country has a different healthcare system that is suitable for population. Most of the country has a Universal healthcare system while some of them have a single payer healthcare system. Different governments run different types of healthcare system. Every healthcare system has own strength and weakness. Among the country that

The United States healthcare system is not really a system, but more of an ivy that grows all over the place. We have a series of confusing and over complicated public, private, and not for profit organizations all overpaying for the simplest of things because the United States does not have a single nationwide system of health care insurance. Our system is technically a free market model, where consumer choose what kind of healthcare they want to buy. This system assumes a bond between cost and quality or amount of service.

Health care systems are organizations that are formed to meet the overall health needs of the population. Health care is regarded as one of the leading cause in promoting not only physical and mental health but the well-being of the population. Legislation is implemented requiring government to offer services to all members of its society. The role of health services and the organizations that provide aid is to focus on the health of an individual and to uphold their human rights. According to WHO (2013), a “well-functioning health care system requires a robust financing mechanism, a well-trained and adequately-paid workforce, reliable information on which to base decisions and policies, and well maintained facilities and logistics to deliver quality medicines and technologies (World Health Organization; 2013).

The United States is currently in the process of a health care reform which will change the current private sector health care program into a universal healthcare system. A great example of a universal healthcare program is Hong Kong. There are other countries that have changed from a private to a public health care system, but Hong Kong has shown that they have done it best. When comparing Hong Kong’s healthcare system to the United States healthcare system, the strengths and weaknesses of both will be revealed.

Healthcare Systems Introduction to the Four Health Care systems Health care is essential to everyone in the United States and around the world. As stated in the article, “Health Care Systems-Four Basic Models”, by Physicians for a National Health Program,(2010), “each country devises its own set of arrangements for meeting the three basic goals of a health care system: keeping people healthy, treating the sick, and protecting families against financial ruin from medical bills”. Here it is stated that the purpose for health care insurance is to keep people healthy and to make it easier on them financially. Also, the healthcare system plays a huge part in the economy of every country.

Since the economic reforms in the late 1970s in urban China, health insurance has evolved from a public insurance (government or public) system to a multipayer system. Citizens who work for the government are covered under government insurance. Employees for public businesses are mostly covered through public business insurance. However, the actual benefits and payments vary according to the financial well-being of the business (Shi, L. & Singh, D. 2015). Employees of foreign businesses or joint ventures are well insured through private insurance arrangements. Nearly all of these plans contain costs through different factors such as premiums, deductibles, copayments, and

The real challenges in the rural areas in America is to sustain a recommended number of health practitioners because if more are trained than the required the demand will be less and supply high and the costs will be great for the federal government. If the number of physicians is, too few the rural people will continue to suffer from health related issues due to hardships in getting the health care. Thus, the shortage of health physicians in rural America is

Healthcare is a major sector in any country since it determines the health condition of the population. In most countries, the government is charged with the responsibility of safeguarding the well-being of its citizens. In the U.S., for instance, the Liberals believe that it is the obligation of the government to provide people with good health services, whereas the Conservatives prefer them to be privatized (Blahous, 2015). The focus of this study is to compare the healthcare status of the United States of America to that of Japan. The choice of Japan was majorly determined by its economic power, given that it is a developed nation with a tiger economy. Additionally, just

A health care system is the association of institutions related to people's health and resources. It delivers health services in order to meet the health needs of the targeted populations (Nigam, 2011). There is a wide variation in the world of how different nations organize their health care systems, with almost all nations having differing health care organizational structures. Planning in some countries for health care distributes to those participating in markets. In other countries, however, planning is as a result of joint efforts between the government, religious bodies, and charities among other groups (Nigam, 2011).

One of the characteristics that exemplify rural healthcare is the lack of doctors per capita. Statistics show that there is an unequal distribution of health care; more services are targeted and provided for the urban population. According to a study in Rickett’s book, Rural Health in the United States, 20% of the U.S. population lives in rural areas; however, only 8% of doctors serve the rural community. These residents also face the challenge of finding specialized doctors for their specific needs. In some cases, patients need to travel long distances to get the health care that they need. A study was conducted in which 20,693,828 patients visited a clinic. Based on this study, Patients in the rural areas needed to travel 2 to 3 times

Although the situation in the rural areas is fast changing, in the rural areas people have to rely on the communal health care programs, however recent trends indicate a sharp decline in their subscription and the government in turn is introducing a scheme for rural dwellers.

The healthcare system in China has made considerable advancements in recent years to make health treatment accessible. In 2009, China launched an ambitious healthcare reform plan to provide health insurance coverage for nearly 95 percent of its citizens. The reform also included efforts to reduce out-of-pocket expenses for citizens. However, despite these changes, China’s progress is hindered by inefficiency and corruption. For a large developing country, and one that has the world’s largest population, it is imperative for China to improve its healthcare. The intent of this paper is to gain an understanding of China’s healthcare system by reviewing its development from the beginning of the Communist party takeover in 1949 to the present, and the differences in healthcare between rural and urban regions of mainland China.

As a developing country, maintaining an affordable healthcare system that is available to all of its citizens is crucial for its eventual success. Countless different countries have struggled to devise a way to provide health insurance to their citizens, and China is no exception. Ever since the collapse of China’s Cooperative Medical System in the 1980’s, rural citizens have struggled immensely to obtain affordable healthcare. This paper intends to examine Chinese healthcare reform from 2000 to 2005, mainly focusing on the New Rural Cooperative Medical System as well as the background of China’s healthcare system and how it reached this point. China has had a complex history, especially when talking about healthcare reform in regards to